Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Godzilla 2014

  ★★★★ Rewatched 25 Nov 2023

  I know there probably isn’t enough kaiju action for some, but this movie is one of the few Godzilla movies that truly show the big guy as a majestic God. Gareth Edwards knows how to perfectly showcase Godzilla’s size and scope. The last 30 minutes is breathtaking.

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  Wish 2023

  ★★★ Watched 24 Nov 2023

  Don’t get the hate in this one. A couple good songs, beautiful animation, and a good lead performance. I enjoyed myself.

Popular reviews

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  The Killer 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 28 Oct 2023

  It may be a tale built around vengeance, but there’s an existentialism to the film’s look at death that is gorgeously precise and darkly comedic. The cast is great, the concept is interesting, but there’s something in the execution that leaves the wallop the narrative seems to strive for to fall flat.

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  Barbie 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 21 Jul 2023

  Greta Gerwig and co-writer Noah Baumbach somehow make Barbie, and all of these heavy and relevant themes it brings up, feel accessible and nuanced at the same time. They don’t beat around the bush, as they know that addressing all of this directly while maintaining an air of whimsy will do the job. Barbie ultimately asks what it means to be mortal, what it means to be alive — and it takes these questions seriously. Margot Robbie, oozing charm and…

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