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Favorite films

  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Sicario
  • The Cabin in the Woods
  • The Other Guys

All
  • Thoroughbreds

    ★★★½

  • Bit

    ★★

  • John Wick

    ★★★★

  • Bring Her Back

    ★★★½

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Oppenheimer

2023

★★★½ Watched

It's impossible not to enjoy this story or this absolutely stacked cast, but I ultimately came away from this a bit disappointed, as I expected more from Nolan.

While I have not read American Prometheus which this is based on, one of my favorite history books is The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes, which I reread in advance of the movie, so I came in intimately familiar with the story. I'm really happy that such an important,…

Wish Upon

2017

★★★ Liked Watched

Delightful garbage. I've never seen a more graceful combination of inept "teen-speak" ("Your dad is hot sauce. Like Sriracha hot.") and muddled curse rules. Trying to convince the audience that a man as pretty as Ryan Philippe would ever be a dumpster diver is also hilarious. It's a hot mess and I loved it.

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Thoroughbreds

2017

★★★½ Rewatched

Unfortunately I liked this a fair amount less than I did on my first watch, but I still enjoyed it. Captivating cinematography and performances, but not as funny or biting as it thinks it is.

Bit

2019

★★ Watched

Atrocious pacing. The first hour felt like 90 minutes. And the politics are inscrutable, despite its queer characters.

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Dante's Peak

1997

★★ 4

Grandma Ruth would definitely refuse to wear a mask in 2020.

The King's Daughter

2022

1

Directed by the visionary behind Bratz and a collection of Disney Channel Original Movies, produced by the mastermind behind 2:22. Still unreleased despite being filmed in 2014. Clearly Hollywood is suppressing this because it's too brilliant. Only future generations will have the capacity to appreciate it.