Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Blonde 2022

  ★★ Watched 24 Feb 2023

  One of the worst viewing experiences I've ever had. Disliked it from minute one, almost turned it off after 30 minutes, and only stuck with it because it morphed from unwatchable to watching some sort of bizarre art film train wreck. Could feel the filmmaker's disdain and disinterest in their subject, only matched by the love they felt for their own work.

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  The Martian 2015

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 19 Feb 2023

  Threw this on when I had a couple chapters left in Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary. There’s a lot of similarities between the two and Weir definitely has a easily-identified style, but damn if he doesn’t write entertaining stories.

Popular reviews

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  Parasite 2019

  ★★★★½ Watched 19 Oct 2019

  A masterclass in tonal shifting. Will be thinking about this movie for a very long time.

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  tick, tick...BOOM! 2021

  ★★★½ Watched 02 Jan 2022

  I love musical theatre, but I don't, like, love musical theatre. Not the way that Jonathan and Lin and a whole bunch of other people who make cameos in this movie do.

  But what this movie does that is so impressive and well-done is make me understand why people who truly love the art form love it, and why that love often feels so all-consuming. I think the only reason it's so often stigmatized or looked down on is because…