Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Sing Street 2016

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 29 Sep 2023

  Rationally, I realize this movie probably has flaws, but they don’t matter to me at all.

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  Joy Ride 2023

  ★★ Watched 20 Sep 2023

  Maybe unwatchable?? Really wanted to like this but so many jokes fall flat and it relies way too much on unoriginal “raunchiness”. Cringe.

Popular reviews

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  Ex Machina 2014

  ★★★★ Watched 09 May 2015

  I really admire Alex Garland for making this his directorial debut. It's small in scale, but ambitious in its intensity and focus, and in how dark and negative it is about men, especially in relation to women.

  I see this movie as an allegory for the internet and its treatment of women. As Adam Savage said in his wonderful story for The Moth, if the internet was a person, that person would have a serious problem with women. (themoth.org/posts/stories/talking-to-my-kids-about-sex-in-the-internet-age) In…

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  Ready or Not 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Aug 2019

  Hot damn, that was gratifying. 

  Part Rosemary’s Baby, part Drag Me to Hell, part Don't Breathe, and a little bit of Get Out, too. Hilarious pastiche and just a ton of fun. Samara Weaving, I love you.