Gleefully violent and an aggressively good time. Really, really leans into the gore and ridiculousness and I’m here for it.
Wicked (2024)
★★★★
Dec 12, 2024
Never saw the play and only knew a one-liner of what it was about. As such, I had a great time and found it easily watchable. Great adaptation of a musical, not overrun with needless CGI, and just lots of fun.
Some of the lighting and editing took me out of the immersion, but overall great production value, especially in the first half or 2/3s.
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
★★★★★
Dec 11, 2024
Can’t believe I hadn’t seen this yet… pure whimsy.
A Real Pain (2024)
★★★★
½
Dec 07, 2024
Damn, I hope Kieran wins something for this one.
Jesse was no slouch, either, as I think what really made the story and the characters come alive was their raw relatability/identifiability.
MaXXXine (2024)
★★
½
Dec 02, 2024
Constantly found myself waiting for the character development to mean something and being pretty disappointed. Great aesthetics and fun editing, but the story just didn’t land enough.
Just Friends (2005)
★★
Dec 01, 2024
15 year old me thought this was pretty dang funny.
Elf (2003)
★★★★
½
Nov 28, 2024
Watched on Thursday November 28, 2024.
As Above, So Below (2014)
★★★
½
Nov 23, 2024
What a fun ride.
Not what I was expecting, great effects, decent acting.
Dan Brown, eat your heart out.
Smile 2 (2024)
★★★
Nov 20, 2024
Suddenly find myself wanting some Voss™️ water.
Slightly better than the first one because it leaned into the ridiculousness, which let me forgive a lot of what was trying to be a horror movie and didn’t land. I wanna ding it for not knowing what was really real, but… does it matter?
Anora (2024)
★★★★
½
Nov 16, 2024
Definitely got the “funnier Uncut Gems” vibe. Loved the story and the acting and the excellent direction and pretty much everything. The ending really tied it all together for me, to be honest.