Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Oppenheimer 2023

  ★★ Watched 21 Jul 2023

  Ambitious to a fault, messy and unfocused, yet staggering, terrifying and most importantly deeply and alarmingly relevant.

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  Beau Is Afraid 2023

  ★ Watched 24 Apr 2023

  not sure what to rate this because i both loved and hated it. the first act had me thinking i was watching a future cult classic, the second half derails into pure self indulgence in which aster's ego and self image take the film to that of pure lunacy and parody.

  will rewatch but at first glance, once again, the only thing holding aster back from being great director and artist is how fucking badly he clearly wants it.

Popular reviews

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  Joker 2019

  Watched 02 Sep 2019 11

  Literally everyone: video games don’t cause shootings

  Also literally everyone: omg, Joker is gonna cause an incel uprising and inspire degenerative mass shooters around the world!!!!1

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  Mission: Impossible – Fallout 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 26 Jul 2018 2

  It was fifteen minutes into ‘Mission Impossible: Fallout’ that I realized this long running franchise wasn’t just back for another fun adventure, but that Christopher McQuarrie had reprised his role as director with intent to leave an indelible mark on the genre, consequently delivering a cinematic cocktail— a cocktail composed of wide arrangement, making for a weaving mosaic of plotting, unpredictability, and exhilarating set pieces— that I don’t think will be topped anytime soon. It’s a cinematic high unlike anything…

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