Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Showgirls 1995

  ★★★★ Watched 25 Mar 2025

  The intensity! Of Elizabeth Berkley’s unbelievable physicality, of Gina Gershon’s smoldering performance, of the neon, of the hair, of the rhinestones. A cult classic for a reason.

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  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953

  ★★★★½ Watched 24 Mar 2025

  “Dibs on the shot-putter.” Same, girl!

  The color, the costumes, the comedy - oh my god! Please bring back Technicolor to save movies from how washed out or dark they can be nowadays. Some of the looks are so stunning they almost made me emotional, and the choreography and coordination of the musical numbers are a genuine cinematic and artistic feat - I can’t wait to see them all again sometime!

  In their introduction to me, it’s immediately evident how Marilyn…

Popular reviews

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  Eraserhead 1977

  ★★★½ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  My first Coolidge After Midnite movie! Not sure if this was one to go into 2 Mai Tais and 2 ciders deep…

  Now, at long last, like Academy Award winner Julianne Moore, I can finally say, “I saw Eraserhead here!”

  If there’s anything I’ve learned in my recent exploration of Lynch, I can say the man loved a haunting train whistle, loud ambient noise, the glow of a lamp, and a series of doors and rooms.

  There’s certainly something intriguing examined…

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  While we didn’t end up in the short-term future the filmmakers probably imagined, I really admired their goofy but genuine effort to go for Trump’s jugular and offer one of the only impressions of the man I’ve ever been able to laugh at. Not a lot of media has actually “gone there” in a way that doesn’t actually lend some legitimacy to him, or it misses the mark on his unique, detestable blend of awful and lame 

  Of course the…