Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Monster Squad 1987

  ★★ Watched 27 Feb 2025

  Holy fucking shit dude in the first ten minutes the leads say a teacher is “totally homo-ing out”, I’m pretty sure there’s an implied student/teacher relationship, an overweight child is berated by bullies and is named “Fat Kid” for the rest of the film, and the bullies scream “faggot” like 5 times. 

  The 80s were wild.

  After that, the rest is alright, definitely feels like it was written by Shane Black. It’s all kinda fine, safe and harmless and a…

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  American Graffiti 1973

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 22 Feb 2025 2

  So nice and chill, the summer-night vibes are wonderful. 

  Makes me want to rewatch The Big Chill, I love a “some friends chat” kind of movie.

Popular reviews

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  Thomas and the Magic Railroad 2000

  ½ Watched 14 Feb 2024

  This was seven hours long and no one will convince me otherwise

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  The Crow 1994

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 10 Apr 2024 2

  When I first was applying to Keene State, as the film majors know, the film department offers a scholarship to one student who submits a theory essay or film of their own. Little old accepted student Wyatt turned in a horrible, AWFUL essay on the visual styling and gothic tones of The Crow.

  I did not get that scholarship.

  Freshman year, in maybe the third or fourth week of film society meetings, I brought in my shitty collectors DVD of…