Favorite films

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  The Flash 2023

  ★★½ Watched 23 Sep 2023

  It could’ve been good if it was untied from everything else DC, and I’d rate it higher if Ezra Miller didn’t go off on a dangerous bender.
  I honestly did expect worse, apart from the revivals at the end…those were bad

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  Elemental 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 19 Jun 2023

  Rough and rushed, but the intention is pure and the story is beautiful

Popular reviews

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  Return to Seoul 2022

  ★★★ Watched 25 Mar 2023

  Biased because while it feels very real, and right to be that way, it’s not the only kind of adoption story I want to see out there
  But also I am an extremely fortunate adoptee, and I’m still coming to terms with both just how lucky that can be, and the unavoidable shortfalls that seem to always come with adoption

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  Somewhere in Queens 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Apr 2023

  A strong debut by both Ray Romano and Jacob Ward.

  Romano shows a great ability to manage an ensemble.

  The care of writing their characters is really evident, and Romano and Stegman do a really fantastic job of putting people equally in “Sticks’s” sneakers and Leo’s shoes. It would’ve been really easy to fuck that up by making the scholarship the be-all-end-all, but it’s not much more than a good opportunity. That little detail brings the focus back to the characters, and gives time for others, especially Laurie Metcalf, to tell their stories, too.