Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  John Wick: Chapter 4 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Mar 2023

  Squealing with joy in the Osaka Continental watching Keanu drop body after body after body after body with the HOTTEST takedown move (a misogynist trope for women in action movies, formerly known to me as the pussy slam [though this is not a helpful search term if you’re trying to google the trope’s history]) henceforth known as the hot-crotch slam. This is the third dance movie in a row I’ve seen in theaters, (magic mike’s last dance and crouching tiger.. 4K…

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  Knock at the Cabin 2023

  ★★★ Watched 24 Mar 2023

  Crying loudly at the daughter’s big question at the end. So thankful I watched this alone

Popular reviews

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  TÁR 2022

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 15 Jan 2023 3

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  I can’t stop watching Tár! 
  The third time you watch this (so far the best), you aren’t overwhelmed with anxiety about how things will go for Tár / the people around her, you can really kick back and enjoy the flawless script and gorgeous German architecture. Certain shots of the Berlin Grand Hall look like sci-fi, the white lines cutting across the wooden walls are otherworldly! It makes watching the audience filing into the final performance there so unsettling, it…

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  Collateral 2004

  ★★★★½ Watched 30 Sep 2021

  Ok so I love Michael Mann. I think I tried to watch thief five years ago and just wasn’t ready for it. 
  I know I saw this in theaters because it is an action movie that came out between years 2003-2013 when I saw truly every action movie that made it to American theaters. I remember liking this but was watching for none of the subtleties of like how much Mann respects ppl great at their jobs or how the…