Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  A History of Violence 2005

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 22 Sep 2023

  Like the pine trees linin' the windin' road.
  I've got a name.
  I've got a name.

  More american than apple pie with a slice of cheese and a side of bullets.

  "It's not what I heard. It's what I saw."

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  Knock Knock 2015

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Sep 2023

  HOME SWEET HOME
  I SHIT ART

  Do not watch this if you have one of those fancy "moral codes" I keep hearing everyone talking about. It's cheap. It'll burn the roof of your mouth. It's super gross and awful in so many ways. But if you're as equally gross and awful as I am sometimes. And you're itchin' to start horror season early. And you're in need of some grody, hammy, and absurdly tense thrills? Then this is basically free fuckin' pizza.

  "Monster happy. Monster very happy."
  Or
  "Daddy had a party."

Popular reviews

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  The Cabin in the Woods 2011

  ★★★★ Rewatched 19 Sep 2023 8

  Despite constant blatant Whedonisms whizzing by my head and making me roll my eyes faster than you can say "gay panic", this is somehow still a really fun, fast, inventive, bloody ride with an interesting framing device that I contend doesn't need to make any sense to effectively play with and examine horror tropes. And luckily it was the very first one of its kind! *discovers the entire Scream franchise and slowly moves out of frame* yeah well...shit...ok. BUT. I'll…

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  The Iron Giant 1999

  ★★★★ Rewatched 12 Sep 2023 16

  ATOMIC HOLOCAUST

  Christopher McDonald, my generation's Dabney Coleman, is so fucking funny in this that it hurts my heart that he isn't still being the most hilariously annoying loser nemesis in absolutely everything. Oh right. He's great in Hacks! So go watch Hacks. Also, this movie makes me feel like a child in the most beautiful ways. Feels 20 years older than 20 years old. The animation is so crisp and textured. The voice performances sound like they're coming through…