Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 02 Jun 2023

  10 minutes of this and you’re already reeling from overdosing on 100% pure art

  Not nearly as emotional as the first bc it’s all set up but I just know the next one is going to hit harder than a spider-tyrannosaurus rex

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  Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 12 May 2023

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

  The first half is aggressively mid but it picks up by the end. The highlight of the movie was the climax with the epic long take fight sequence and the heartbreaking scene with Rocket and the baby raccoons.

  I will never get sick of James Gunn’s visual style. This movie was never once boring visually. The humor was a huge miss for me this time, unfortunately.

Popular reviews

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  The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Oct 2020

  “The whole word is watching!”

  I enjoyed this a lot. It was much more engaging than I thought a court room drama would be, and it effectively uses flashbacks and quick cuts to keep the pace up. I think this is in part to the great editing in this movie. 

  Aaron Sorkin is a master screenwriter. Like The Social Network, the dialogue is incredibly clever and at times really funny. The story structure is also very similar to The Social Network in…

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  WandaVision 2021

  Watched 15 Jan 2021

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

  “By the end of the episode, you realize it was all a bad dream. None of it was real.“

  (Here is my review for the series as a whole.)

  These are my initial reactions to each episode in the series.

  Episodes 1+2: I already love this show. I hope this sets the standard for what we will get from the upcoming Marvel Disney+ shows.

  The first two episodes are really good at building the mystery while also playing creatively with the…