Favorite films

Recent reviews

• 

  Laggies 2014

  ★★★½ Rewatched 26 May 2023

  sam rockwell really just steals the whole show

• 

  Barbarian 2022

  ★★★★ Rewatched 24 May 2023

  very scary, though I gotta say not as thrillingly surprising on a rewatch (though it never was going to be)

Popular reviews

• 

  Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood 2019

  ★★★★½ Watched 25 Jul 2019 3

  scavenger hunt 52

  task 15: a film you think would be PERFECT to see at a drive-in theater.

  "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" is definitely a Quentin Tarantino picture, and it doesn't let you forget it by the end. Be that as it may, it's safe to call it the most un-Tarantino-esque work in his eclectic filmography. It's stylized, but there aren't whip zooms. It's violent, but easily his least violent film. The film is not driven by character…

• 

  Joker 2019

  ★★★½ Rewatched 06 Oct 2019 2

  On second thought...

  First two thirds: almost a slog, derivative, predictable, by the numbers, gorgeous score, nice cinematography, great Joaquin Phoenix

  Last act: pretty gripping, great musical choices, operatic, grandiose, extravagant, ballsy, great Joaquin Phoenix

  "Joker" is good, not great