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At The Movies, but instead of Ebert & Roeper it's just me.

Favorite films

  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  • Opening Night
  • The Exterminating Angel
  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

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  • Serial Mom

    ★★★★½

  • Barton Fink

    ★★★★

  • Sex and the City

    ★★★½

  • Imitation of Life

    ★★★★

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  • Serial Mom

    Serial Mom

    ★★★★½

    no one does it like John Waters, most likely, no one ever will - such a genius.

  • Barton Fink

    Barton Fink

    ★★★★

    Empathy requires understanding. 

    had to give this a rewatch before it leaves the criterion channel. 

    charlie meadows was right, barton was an awful listener! 

    john turturro in this film might be responsible for every man i've ever been attracted to looking like this...like please, show me the life of the mind.

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  • Strange Darling

    Strange Darling

    ★★★½

    "B*tch, I'm the electric lady - BOO!"

    Strange Darling, the latest feature by J.T. Mollner subverts all expectations for the standard serial killer thriller. 

    Told in 6 non sequential chapters, we watch the unraveling and eventual capture of our titular character. This was so much fun to watch, and to provide a comparison, this was sort of like if Sanctuary and Natural Born Killers birthed their own spin off film. 

    The movie was simple and effective in approach while still…

  • Alien: Romulus

    Alien: Romulus

    ★★★★

    to repeat the infamous line: "I can't lie to you about your chances, but - you have my sympathies."

    Alien: Romulus, the fourth film by Fede Álvarez with Ridley Scott as an acting producer, is the newest installment in the highly favorited Alien franchise. Though not as grand in concept as Prometheus or Covenant, this felt at times like a love letter to the films, acting as fan service - yes, but in the best possible ways; done entirely in reverence to…

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