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Favorite films

  • The Irishman
  • Phantom Thread
  • Top Gun: Maverick
  • The Banshees of Inisherin

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  • Ballerina

    ★★★½

  • Ghost in the Shell

    ★★★★½

  • Predator: Killer of Killers

  • Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

    ★★★

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Black Dynamite

2009

★★★★★ Liked 1

"are you ready for your lesson?"


jason bourne gulps...
a shiver runs down ethan hunt's spine...
john wick breaks into a sweat...


"yes, black dynamite," they all said at once.

Dune: Part Two

2024

Liked 1

her: "would you still love me if i was a worm?"

my stupid ass: "Bless the Maker and His water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His age cleanse the world. And keep the world for His people."

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Ballerina

2025

★★★½ Liked Watched

went in with pretty low expectations only for ana de armas to dunk the ball and shatter the backboard. maintains the video-gamey-ness of john wick 4 while elaborating on the lore of 3 without feeling like pointless connective tissue, and the action is as divine as always. part of me wants to see what len wiseman's original cut looked like for this, but stahelski going in and reshooting this elevates what could've been two stars into the 3.5-4 range. half of…

Ghost in the Shell

1995

★★★★½ Liked Rewatched

i hate the overuse of the word "vibes" but i dont think there's another way to succinctly describe the effect this movie has on the human brain. endless cityscapes and infinite skyscrapers, coupled with a score far too ambient for a film of this stature. tailor-made to be viewed at three in the morning between a haze of being simultaneously sleepy and stoned to all hell. could be ~50 minutes long were it not paced so slowly, but i wouldn't have it any other way. shoulder-carrying an anti-aircraft gun is too clean.

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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

2022

★★★★½ Liked 18

lin manuel miranda jumpscare

We Live in Time

2024

★★★★½ Liked 2

no long review no intricate words just pain and suffering