Favorite films

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  Dave 1993

  ★★★★ Watched 31 Mar 2024 1

  Dave (the person) is a man for today and Dave (the movie) is a film for today. It is troubling that the idea of the president having a body double to cover for poor health is now a real right-wing conspiracy point. It is also troubling that in broad strokes I think it's their takeaways that are usually crazy rather than the idea itself of getting Dave'd. Like, if I were a government, I feel like it would be good…

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  Escape from the Planet of the Apes 1971

  ★★★★ Watched 09 May 2024

  Neither Cornelius nor Dr Zira nor the government commission assigned to figure out what to do with them stop for a moment in talking about the famous missing astronaut “Taylor” to pay their due diligence to another missing American hero, “Brent”

Recent reviews

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  Fantastic time. I really got my hooks into it. It’s got romance. It’s got analysis. It’s got conniving. It uses a very coveted resource, the “good script”,  in which it is possible to do much in 90 minutes. Fassbender has the same kind of words-carefully-chosen ASMR voice as he does in The Killer, which pleased me then and pleases me still. I love Soderbergh’s practical workhorse shtick, what an impressive guy

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  Holmes & Watson 2018

  Watched 14 Mar 2025

  This was like a Wallace and Gromit movie. Maligned in its time. I remembered the trailer vividly: Rob Brydon as Lestrade. One shot of Steve Coogan even though he was nowhere in the main cast list. The whole “Self photograph” bit. There’s a world in which it’s more coherent and it’s like a 10/10

Popular reviews

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  Score: A Film Music Documentary 2016

  ★★★★ Watched 02 Jun 2017 1

  When they give more screen time to the guy who scored minions than Hans Zimmer

  update: i disown this review

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  The King 2019

  ★★ Watched 10 Oct 2019 1

  Timothee Chalamet: I speak shakespearean English I will do whatever I must to protect my kingdom and preserve peace in England

  Robert Pattinson: oui oui mon ami je m’appelle robair pattinsone baguette paris ratatouille francais

  Cinematography and score: hella good

  Movie: So BORING