Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  Barbie 2023

  ★★★★ Rewatched 01 Aug 2023

  Ryan Gosling for Best Supporting Actor, Sarah Greenwood for Best Production Design, Jacqueline Durran for Best Costume Design, and my mom for Most “who is that?” Questions During a Single Film (thank god we didn’t see Oppenheimer)

  I love you mom but no that’s not Pink!

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  Oppenheimer 2023

  ★★★½ Rewatched 25 Jul 2023

  Probably my least favorite Nolan flick, but I respect the hell out of the filmmaking. The Trinity test is probably the most tense I’ve ever been during a movie. Everyone is at the top of their game here— Cillian, RDJr, Matty D, Hoyt, Ludwig, and— of course— Nolan, but the communist stuff just doesn’t interest me. I read about 200 pages of American Prometheus last year and stopped for the same reason.

Recent reviews

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  Saw X 2023

  ★★½ Watched 28 Sep 2023

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

  As a huge Saw-head, I was pretty disappointed (still enjoyed the hell out of it). I think I prefer Jigsaw and Spiral over Saw X, although the extreme (mostly not CG) gore and return of John Kramer and Amanda were nice! Having the movie told from John’s point of view is an interesting choice but ruined the flow for me (not to mention it’s waaaaaay too long). Also, I know it’s cool to ignore horror sequels these days, but I don’t know how…

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  Expend4bles 2023

  ★★½ Watched 25 Sep 2023

  Proof that the big screen can make a bad movie better. Arguably worse than The Expendables 2 and 3, I was able to enjoy the fourth entry more for the theater experience alone. Bring on EXPENDABLE5!

  Also, caught the IMAX bonus footage for Barbie… Release the 4 hour Gerwig cut!

Popular reviews

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  The Longest Yard 2005

  ★★★½ Rewatched 11 Sep 2017

  Man, I wish Terry Crews would give me McDonalds

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  The Silent Child 2017

  Watched 05 Mar 2018

  How do I sign “I’m not crying; you’re crying!”?