James

James

Favorite films

  • All About Eve
  • Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

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  • Stepmom

  • Saltburn

  • The New World

  • American Psycho

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  • Stepmom

    Stepmom

    Definitely better than I expected! A bit schmaltzy, but not overwhelmingly so. I found a couple of scenes particularly moving (when they’re talking about parenting toward the end…ok!!!). And every reaction shot of Susan Sarandon looking conflicted was food for me.

    A very sweet movie!

  • Saltburn

    Saltburn

    I’m glad you guys set my expectations low, because I had a great time. Perfect movie to smuggle in a can of beer to the late night Alamo Drafthouse showing. 

    I do kinda wish the relationship between the two guys was better established, and specifically that Jacob Elordi’s character was better defined, but it was a Fun Time At The Movies. 

    Barry Keoghan hot????

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  • Yentl

    Yentl

    ★★★★★

    I went thru every emotion in two hours and eleven minutes............Barbra Streisand destroyed gender

  • Fire Island

    Fire Island

    REALLY liked this! Shockingly faithful to Pride and Prejudice (give or take a couple supporting characters), but also perceptive toward contemporary cultural norms in a way that I see many present-day films try and fail to achieve. The zingers landed! The sexy parts were sexy! Class hierarchies were observed and dissected! Had a great time. I anticipate horny gay men and Jane Austen aficionados will eat it up. And Joel Kim Booster, if you’re reading this, I would like to kiss you at the after-party.

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