Favorite films

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  D.E.B.S. 2004

  ★★★½ Watched 24 Sep 2023

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

  This was so fun!

  Jordana Brewster was awesome in this - she was so easy to fall in love with. Her and Scud lip-syncing to “A Little Respect” brought me so much joy.

  Jimmi Simpson was so fucking funny and everyone needs a friend like Scud.

  Having a woman running the agency, and that woman being Holland Taylor, were both 10/10 decisions. 

  Unpopular opinion but I wish we could have seen our girlies girl boss a little more. We barely see…

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  The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Sep 2023

  I liked it!

  It’s well acted, beautifully shot, and I adored the production design and the costumes. Most of the humor landed for me, and I think Ralph Fiennes was wonderful. The bromance was sweet and I enjoyed the unique traits of this cast of characters. 

  I do want to mention I was watching this after I’d already seen The Toxic Avenger that afternoon, and I was dealing with a migraine at the time. So I do think this hindered…

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  The Toxic Avenger 1984

  ★★★½ Watched 21 Sep 2023

  Okay ngl this was a pretty perfect campy horror movie. The overacting, the insane gore, the boobs… this movie had it all. The film knew not to take itself seriously, but it still invested in creating a pretty solid message and fairly impressive special effects. I also loved that they decided to name their characters things like “Bozo” and “Slug”. The inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters and a little person without the intent of serving simply as a punchline was nice…

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  Past Lives 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 20 Sep 2023

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

  “See you then.”

  This one got me tearing up. As someone who is married to an immigrant, who has done long distance, is “idealistic” as Nora calls Hae Sung, and a romantic person, this movie HIT. the score, cinematography, writing, and acting are all top notch. I was ready to cry already partway through the movie. I do feel mixed about the ending. How can you say goodbye to someone who you know is your soulmate? 

  All I’m saying is thank God my husband doesn’t have a childhood sweetheart I need to keep an eye out for….