Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Y Tu Mamá También 2001

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 26 Mar 2023

  Hadn’t realized this was the threesome short and cancer film I’ve been meaning to write all rolled into one.

  La vida es como la espuma, por eso hay que darse como el mar.

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  Close 2022

  ★ Watched 26 Mar 2023

  Not a fan of this film. It had all the ingredients of a sweet little french film, but none of the subtlety, heart, or personality to make it special.

  There were a couple of major problems for me.

  An awareness of cause and effect seemed completely absent. Because Leo and Remi are best friends, when they start school they appear so close that classmates mock them and call them gay. Leo is so disturbed by how others see him that…

Popular reviews

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  Babylon 2022

  ½ Watched 02 Feb 2023

  Guest review from mom, cause I fell asleep: a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

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  Emily the Criminal 2022

  ★ Watched 01 Jan 2023

  “I am going to rob my cousin in the morning.”… [12hrs later]… “Ooops, he robbed me first.” Is not the type of thinking I would label “Criminal.” (Though it is criminally bad screenwriting.)

  Great premise. Bad script. Fine acting. Story structure is clunky, not logical, not character driven, and has no sense of urgency. Not sure what there is to like here, President Obama.