Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Inferno 1980

  ★★★★ Watched 01 Sep 2023

  Remember when people used to light movies? Like actual colored light, on a real set?  God those gels look good.

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  Beau Is Afraid 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 19 Aug 2023

  On one hand: uniquely vivid, funny, and generally antagonistic depiction of the psycogeography of guilt, anxiety, and mommy issues.

  On the other hand: three-hour runtime is an unforgivable sin.

Popular reviews

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  Drive 2011

  ★½ Watched 15 Sep 2012 2

  In between short bursts of ultraviolence, Ryan Gosling's vapid husk of a main character alternately broods, broods while driving a car, kisses whats-her-face, and broods while crossing his arms. It's an edgy Prada commercial without the closure of seeing a logo at the end.

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  Smile 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 13 Jan 2023

  My poor cat, who was just trying to sleep on my lap, was traumatized when I jumped a foot and a half