Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Stella Dallas 1937

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Jan 2025

  Now I’m missing my mom!

  This one seemed to move very quickly through space and time but not in a way where I felt left behind- more like I got to bear witness to multiple phases of a relationship’s life! (Almost like going through photos grouped by “year” and flying through time only seeing the most important or colorful moments).

  I also hadn’t seen Barbara Stanwyck in anything besides Double Indemnity, and though her cunning fades (which makes sense for the difference between her two characters), she still has edge. Maybe it’s her killer bone structure? She’s beautiful. I should watch more.

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  Amélie 2001

  Watched 16 Jan 2025 2

  Left a lyric sheet in a library DVD just to see if doing mysterious shit like this gets me anywhere. Maybe I’ll find someone who likes Marty Robbins to drive off on a scooter with?

Popular reviews

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 13 Jan 2025 1

  The most likable protagonist I have ever encountered… and I was truly caught off guard by the ending(?) 

  Last year I saw The Iron Claw at the very beginning of January and it was still one of the best films I saw all year. The Brutalist continues this tradition of setting the bar high for everything else I see in the year to come!

  Also my first time at the Park Theatre and everyone in the full house was so excited to be there!! What a lovely first experience

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  I'm the Mayor of Bimmi Gardens 2024

  Watched 29 Nov 2024

  Chris Fleming until I die. 

  Do I love the general vibe of this? No… feels like the Good Place in terms of being cheugy. BUT Not normally a huge physical comedy person but I’d watch Chris roll around in his velvet blazers ALL DAMN DAY. His extremely specific vernacular is incredibly quoteable..,.,,and yet his delivery of the lines is the only truly acceptable version. 

  Next time a man makes an unwanted approach, I’m shouting “FEED HIM TO THE HORSES!” Until…

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