Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  Memories of Murder 2003

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Feb 2022

  Not enough drop kicks!

  In the world of Memories of Murder nothing is safe. You're out for a walk—BAM—drop kicked. You're having a conversation with some friendly officers of the law—BAM—drop kicked. You're shown some fruit—BAM—you know the drill. I think somewhere in this there was a plot about murder or something, but its really just a PSA about the high risk of getting kicked in the chest while minding your own business.

  As good as this was I've been ruined since watching Cure. Nothing from the crime-thriller genre will ever hit like that did for me.

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  Prisoners 2013

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Jul 2021

  Good thing my kids will come pre-equipped with AirTags™

Recent reviews

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  Thirteen Lives 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 24 Mar 2023

  I totally forgot to review this but it was… pretty good!

  I had to watch it for my ethics class and you know what, as far as movies for classes go I really can’t complain.

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  John Wick: Chapter 4 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Mar 2023 3

  While not quite as fast paced as the third entry, this one’s got heart that the others don’t! Featuring some epic locations, a great soundtrack, and arguably the coolest cast yet I can easily see this becoming a favorite of mine after taking some more time to mull over it. I just need to catch my breath after watching those stairs get climbed, and then de-climbed, and then climbed again…

  I’m not the biggest fan of maximalism, but John Wick always seems to get it right!

Popular reviews

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  The Whale 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 11 Mar 2023 2

  Life is about polarities and The Whale understands that. Everything we do is dominated by opposites—right and wrong, pride and humility, resentment and forgiveness, selflessness and selfishness, the list goes on. Each character encapsulates ideas like these and together a verisimilitude of humanity in all its beauty and ugliness is created.

  The final ten minutes destroyed me. My feelings are equally as enamored with life as they are appalled by it and I don’t know how to deal with that!

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  The Northman 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 21 Apr 2022

  And just like that The Batman has lost its place as the darkest* movie of 2022. 

  This is definitely the most accessible of Eggers’ movies and it’s also his most expansive. If you’ve ever tried watching The Witch or The Lighthouse and wished that it had a more traditional narrative then this is the movie for you! That isn’t to dissuade people who love his previous works from watching this either though, as The Northman once again brings in a heap…