Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Godland 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 21 Mar 2023

  An unsparing exploration of shaken faith, colonialism, nature’s horror and majesty, authorship and whose stories get told that also contains the cutest happiest dog you will ever see in a movie. I think I’m obsessed.

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  Mercury Rising 1998

  ★★★ Watched 21 Mar 2023

  Definitely dated in its depiction of people on the spectrum, even if the portrayal of an autistic child is ultimately an empathetic one. Still, a pretty fun thriller, with the sort of incomprehensibly ridiculous plot that they could get away with in the 90s. Bruce works great with the kid.

Popular reviews

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  The Fabelmans 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 10 Sep 2022

  TIFF 2022
  
  
  Spielberg lends his magic touch to a loving tribute to his parents, paralleling his burgeoning love of filmmaking with pivotal moments in his childhood to show how movies can help us through life. One of the most perfect endings I've seen in a while, maybe in any movie ever. Whole cast is exquisite, and Gabriel LaBelle is a particularly wonderful find. David Lynch's bit part made me absolutely ASCEND.

  Full review on Katie at the Movies.

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  Don't Look Up 2021

  ★½ Watched 26 Dec 2021

  Congratulations to Adam McKay on making a movie worse than “Vice.”

  I really did go into this with an open mind but it was just such a slog to get through. Don’t think I laughed once, and while the weight of the finale did emotionally resonate with me somewhat, it came too little too late. This cast is an absolute dream (President Meryl Streep!) and they do their most, but the material is often too heavy-handed to land, on top…