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Favorite films

  • Pump Up the Volume
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  • Boogie Nights
  • Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

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  • There She Goes: 414

  • Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed: Live In Austin

  • Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day

  • Trailer Park Boys: Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys

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Pump Up the Volume

1990

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“Quitting is not going to make you stronger, living will. So just hang on and hang in there.”

School was hell for me, absolute hell. It was hard enough being an autistic kid in an almost entirely unsympathetic environment, but when you combine that with constant and severe bullying, very few friends and constant mental torment, well, it’s certainly not a fun time. Before I had even turned 14, I was “removed” from the school because I was “too difficult”…

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Adolescence

2025

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“Perhaps this final act was meant, 
to clinch a lifetime's argument, 
that nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could, 
for all those born beneath an angry star, 
lest we forget how fragile we are.”

Lyrics from “Fragile” by Sting.

The Walk-In

2022

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“We are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us.”

                - Helen Joanne “Jo” Cox MP
                              1974 - 2016

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Babylon

2022

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“Welcome to the Asshole of Los Angeles!”

So, I’ll come clean, I’ve actually been trying to write a review for this film for close to two days now. Basically, no matter how hard I tried, it always came out either painfully pretentious, overly long, overly gushing or just too damn messy for anyone to consume. Sometimes, it was all of those mixed into one ugly little pot. So, instead of doing more than necessary, I’m just going to keep it…

Scream VI

2023

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“Maybe he gets to win this time.”

(NOTE: this review is completely spoiler free.)

I saw Scream VI tonight as the second half of a double feature with Scream 5. And going to that screening, it was a seriously great choice on my part. The two movies work beautifully together. But, goddamn, I have to be blunt about it, this sequel to the requel blows the requel right out of the water. It f**king rocks! I really, really loved it.…