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Watched on Friday May 16, 2025.

I think the kills and final few scenes were by far the best part of Death of a Unicorn. The build up took much too long, and I wish it had leaned into its horror aspects a little more. Paul Rudd's character wasn't the best either, and I wish we got to see more of a progression of the mending of his relationship with his daughter. I found myself saying, "Just listen to her!!!" over and over. And where did that fun little piece of score from the trailer go??

I understand the message of course, but it felt extremely flat.

I was so hyped for this movie... 💔

Aside from GOTG3, I haven't been hyped for a Marvel movie since Endgame.

Thunderbolts* was genuinely such a fun experience (despite the emotional whiplash). The characters were well written and have great banter with each other! It didn't feel like quippy one-liner after quippy one-liner. The plot was engaging, and seemed fairly realistic to a society full of superhumans. I'm excited for this new direction that Marvel is taking, hopefully it's uphill from here!

Watched on Saturday May 3, 2025.

Do NOT watch this while sick!! You need to be *coherent* to understand what's going on!!! This is a PSA!!

Ryan 👏 Coogler 👏 never 👏 misses! 👏

So glad I got to see this in IMAX. That first dance scene is forever seared into my brain, I haven't stopped thinking about it since I left the theater. If Michael B. Jordan doesn't get an Oscar nom out of this, I will RIOT!!!

"I'm focusing on framing. A proper frame not only draws the eye into a picture, but keeps it there longer, dissolving the barrier between the subject and the outside of the frame."

👁👁

This review may contain spoilers.

Watched this because I'm about halfway through season 3! I love the complexities of each character, the voice acting is absolutely incredible and the cast is STACKED.

Why can no one in this show catch a break 😭 Absolutely disgusting what they did to Eve's mom. I'm glad they created this special, I wanted Eve to be fleshed out a little more, and this did exactly that. Still heartbreaking though!

Watched on Monday April 14, 2025.

Watched on Monday April 14, 2025.

Currently accepting recommendations of movies/shows that have this vibe/similar plot because this was SO FUN!!

Watched on Monday April 14, 2025.

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Idk I think I'd be fine with merging my mind with a bunch of benevolent Neopets

Lots of parts were to be expected, but I must say I got whiplash when I heard the Private Idaho by The B-52s needledrop

Jennifer Coolidge was by far the best part of the movie. I need a spin-off of her shenanigans ASAP!!

The amount of plot in this movie always gives me a little giggle. My sister and bf were Shiver haters, but then I showed my bf a picture of the elephant from Island Princess and he understood where his disdain should lie (sorry y'all)

Ideally I'd be a little pastel pegasus sleeping on a cloud, but alas.....

"We can only be who we are."

Immediately after rewatching this, I laid on my bed and stared at the ceiling as I listened to the entire score, soaking in every scene and every emotion once more.

Old Dolio is such a fascinating and poignant character, and watching her evolve into her own person affected me so deeply this time around. I was impressed by Evan Rachel Wood's body language throughout the runtime, she stepped into the role so perfectly. The second scene in the positive parenting class made me sob.

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As someone who grew up in a little Dutch town, this felt all too familiar. Had a little giggle when Nancy bludgeoned Fred with a clog.

As Mimi Cave's #2 fan (second only to Laurel), I was a little disappointed with this. Seeing the 2.6 (now lower) rating before watching last night made me nervous, but it unfortunately makes sense. Holland is a bit of a nothing burger movie. Confusion overtook me multiple times as we watched it - the ambiguous ending, the series of threads that never get resolved... it just left me wondering what the point of it all was.

One star and one star only for Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron's chemistry... this was such a snoozefest.

Watched on Sunday March 16, 2025.

Watched on Sunday March 16, 2025.

Absolutely no way I managed to watch two Lifetime movies with the same director.

Proud to say I guessed the twist before my mom, the ultimate Lifetime movie enjoyer 💪

Mickey and Nasha's relationship made my heart melt 😭

Mickey 17 was exactly what I expected! Great acting, great direction, and the plot was just okay. Incredible alien designs, I love a good little creature!!

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THE WAY THE WASPS KEPT FLYING INTO THAT GUY'S MOUTH?!!?!?!?

My friends and I all left the theater with differing feeling/opinions on this movie and I think that is beautiful.

Watched on Saturday March 8, 2025.

Happy 3rd Fresh-iversary!

Can't believe we're getting another Mimi Cave film soon... Holland save me

Watched on Saturday March 1, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday February 26, 2025.

Watched on Sunday February 23, 2025.

Watched on Saturday February 22, 2025.

Watched on Friday February 21, 2025.

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Josie and Isabel kissing to "party 4 u" while the camera spins around them... picture me jumping and waving my arms around all giddy

On a rewatch, it's so wild to me how they go from 👊💞starting a fight club💞👊 to 💥murdering a whole football team💥

"Every day has an opportunity to change your life."

2025 Watchlist Challenge: Film #4 - Love Hurts (2025)
Prompt: Least Favorite Genre (Action)

Went to see this specifically for Ke Huy Quan, of course. The script is atrocious, overexaggerating the Valentine's Day gimmick, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a good time watching it! I loved the Raven character, where is his spinoff sequel?

The random bad audio quality when they were all yelling at each other had me howlingggg

I think more thriller movies need to have a little supernatural twist in them! Wouldn't that make the genre so fun?

Stellar cinematography, and the marketing was some of the best I've ever seen for a film, but this just wasn't for me. I can't believe I was too scared to go to the theater for this...

(sorry Laurel)

Watched on Friday February 14, 2025.

Watched on Thursday February 13, 2025.

Watched on Thursday February 13, 2025.

Now what was that Titanium/I'm Gonna Be mashup...

The riff off scene will forever be iconic!

2025 Watchlist Challenge: Film #3 - Carol (2015)
Prompt: Film starring a favorite actress (and I love both of the leads!)

Knee deep in the hotel bed and it's New Year's Eve... is it casual now?

Perfectly captured yearning. The small glances, the soft shoulder touches, the body language, the meaningful gifts...

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Since the M3GAN 2.0 teaser just dropped last night, I'm going to need an Iris and M3GAN edit to Femininomenon, stat.

That final kill with the automatic wine opener? Cinema.

Gothel was serving with those iconic thin 2000's eyebrows!!

And I loved that first dress Rapunzel created... the flowy sleeves? Yes please!

Had the time of my life in the theater for this movie! There were only 6 other people there, but they brought the energy and laughter!

Every joke hit. Keke Palmer and SZA have incredible comedic chemistry with each other. I'm going to need five more of these asap!

"Diablo Cody has the pen of god" -Laurel

I'm going to need 15 more movies that have this and Your Monster vibes asap

Can't believe this came out nearly 10 years ago...

Leslie Odom Jr. has some of the best songs in the entire musical! It's incredible how much they did with just that set! Great blocking and choreography too!

Watched on Thursday January 23, 2025.

Watched on Monday January 20, 2025.

Watched on Sunday January 19, 2025.

Watched on Friday January 17, 2025.

Now this is a step in the right direction!

By far the most entertaining of the live action Sonic franchise! I love that it continues to build on and reference the charm of the first two, while leaving room to explore more Sonic lore/characters! And it looks great!

I love that this movie pauses for 10-15 minutes to pursue a staged wedding plot. Justice for Rachel!

Tails!!!!!!!!! My fav!!!!!!!

All narrative films that are new to me, ranked!

• Sinners
• Look Back
• Carol
• The Substance
• One of Them Days
• Companion
• Memento
• Star Wars
• Mickey 17
• Lisa Frankenstein

...plus 23 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Untitled The Batman Sequel
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
• The Long Walk
• Wicked: For Good
• Wildwood
• 33 Liberty Lane
• The Chain
• The Governesses
• Cleopatra
• Fairyland

...plus 87 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Room
• Dead Poets Society
• Spree
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Isle of Dogs
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
• Lemonade Mouth
• Palm Springs
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Hard Boiled

...plus 37 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once
2. Past Lives
3. I Saw the TV Glow
4. The Florida Project
5. The Iron Claw
6. Swiss Army Man
7. C'mon C'mon
8. Love Lies Bleeding
9. Problemista
10. Aftersun

...plus 25 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Black Mirror: San Junipero
2. Black Mirror: Fifteen Million Merits
3. Black Mirror: Be Right Back
4. Black Mirror: Demon 79
5. Black Mirror: White Bear
6. Black Mirror: Shut Up and Dance
7. Black Mirror: Loch Henry
8. Black Mirror: Black Museum
9. Black Mirror: Hang the DJ
10. Black Mirror: Nosedive

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

pure. unfiltered. serotonin.

• Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• Hairspray
• 10 Things I Hate About You
• 13 Going on 30
• Bee and PuppyCat
• Dirty Dancing
• Bottoms
• Aquamarine
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
• Ouran High School Host Club

...plus 92 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

these may change on a week-by-week basis

• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Her
• Dead Poets Society
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Get Out
• Howl's Moving Castle
• Kajillionaire
• In the Mood for Love

...plus 43 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

2024 was a big year for rewatches for me, I barely touched my current watchlist (a whopping near 1.3k films...)!

Stealing this idea from laurel, here's the prompt list:
1. watch the movie that was added first
2. watch the movie that was added last (at time of creating this list)
3. watch the movie that is the longest
4. watch the movie that is the shortest
5. watch the movie that is rated highest
6. watch the movie that is rated lowest
7. watch a movie from the 1950's
8. watch a movie from the 1960's ✅️
9. watch a movie from the 1970's
10. watch a movie from the 1980's
11. watch a movie from the 1990's
12. watch a movie from the 2000's
13. watch a movie from the 2010's
14. watch a movie from the 2020's
15. shuffle your watchlist and watch the first movie that appears
16. watch a movie from a director you haven't seen anything from
17. watch a movie that stars one of your favorite actors
18. watch a movie that stars one of your favorite actresses ✅️
19. watch the movie that is the most popular ✅️
20. watch the movie that is the least popular
21. watch the movie that was released the earliest
22. shuffle your watchlist again and watch the first movie that appears
23. watch a movie from your favorite genre
24. watch a movie from your least favorite genre ✅️
25. watch the movie with the most beautiful poster
26. watch the movie you have been anticipating the most
27. watch a movie from before you were born
28. watch a movie recommended to you by someone
29. watch a documentary
30. shuffle your watchlist again and watch the first movie that appears
31. shuffle your watchlist and pick the film that corresponds with the day, month, or year you were born
32. pick a film with a full sentence title or the longest title
33. watch a movie you want to see in theaters
34. watch a movie with a person's name in the title
35. watch an animated movie
36. watch an oscar-nominated movie from the 2025 academy awards

• Parasite

  added first (I know I know, I still haven't seen it...)

• Young Hearts

  added most recently (at the time of the list's creation)

• Magnolia

  longest (excluding series)

• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

  shortest

• Stop Making Sense

  rated highest (so excited!)

• Maximum Ride

  rated lowest (fear)

• Some Like It Hot

  film from the 50's

• Persona

  film from the 60's ✅️

  Watched on 1/5/25

• Picnic at Hanging Rock

  film from the 70's

• Moonstruck

  film from the 80's

...plus 26 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Copying Madeline here, but it's such a neat idea! Needless to say I am a crier

1. The Iron Claw
2. All of Us Strangers
3. Klaus
4. Dead Poets Society
5. Look Back
6. The Whale
7. The Wild Robot
8. We Live in Time
9. The Fault in Our Stars
10. The Notebook

...plus 19 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

All narrative films new to me, that I've watched this year, ranked!

(Excludes documentaries, short films, and TV.)

1. Your Monster
2. The Wild Robot
3. I Saw the TV Glow
4. Robot Dreams
5. Fight Club
6. Wicked
7. Challengers
8. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
9. Kill Bill: Vol. 2
10. Black Swan

...plus 49 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Just wrapped up student teaching, and I have my teaching certification now! I asked my students what movies I should watch, and this is a list of all of their recommendations, regardless of whether or not I've seen them.

• Waves
• Just Go with It
• Nightcrawler
• Rambo
• The Butterfly Effect
• Enola Holmes
• Enola Holmes 2
• Rush Hour
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
• Moana 2

...plus 33 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My little brother is coming home for 2 weeks in the winter!!

• Memento
• Dirty Dancing
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Se7en
• The Iron Claw
• Shutter Island
• The Bone Collector
• Fight Club
• Kiss the Girls
• Trap

...plus 22 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Movies I want to watch with you and vice versa, plus some releases!!

• Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Bloodsucking Bastards
• Carrie
• The Stepford Wives
• Kingsman: The Golden Circle
• The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
• Pretty Woman
• Rye Lane
• Ginger Snaps

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Movies I want to watch with you and vice versa, plus some releases!!

• Bloodsucking Bastards
• Kick-Ass 2
• Misery
• I Know What You Did Last Summer
• Happy Death Day 2U
• Pretty Woman
• Kiki's Delivery Service
• Spirited Away
• The Secret World of Arrietty
• Rye Lane

...plus 17 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

In alphabetical order ofc, Criterions are tagged

• Amélie
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire
• Back to the Future
• Boyhood
• Corpse Bride
• Dead Poets Society
• Donnie Darko
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Fantastic Mr. Fox

  C

...plus 28 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I'm always down for recommendations! I can dabble in any genre, but I'm not the biggest fan of extreme horror. Thank you!! <3

• Okja
• Little Fish
• Short Term 12
• Phantom Thread
• Mommy
• Burnt Money

All the films new to me that I've watched this year, ranked!!
(Will most likely include documentaries as well! I'm not including Black Mirror in this, that has a separate ranking list!)

Top 10 of 2023 Releases:
1) Past Lives
2) Across the Spiderverse
3) The Holdovers
4) Poor Things
5) Oppenheimer
6) Rye Lane
7) Bottoms
8) Saltburn
9) Asteroid City
10) Nimona

1. Past Lives
2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
3. House
4. Klaus
5. Jurassic Park
6. National Theatre Live: Fleabag
7. The Holdovers
8. Poor Things
9. Oppenheimer
10. Rye Lane

...plus 95 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

need I say more?

• Elvis

  Vegas - Doja Cat

• Mainstream

  Kill v. Maim - Grimes

• Jennifer's Body

  Literally the whole soundtrack

• Spree

  The Gummi Bear Song

• Crazy, Stupid, Love.

  This Must Be the Place - The Talking Heads

• Us
• Do Revenge
• The Royal Tenenbaums
• Renfield

  Am I Ready (2 Be Loved) - Lizzo
  Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na) - My Chemical Romance

Everything I watch for the first time this year, ranked!

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once
2. Nope
3. Paprika
4. The Worst Person in the World
5. Moulin Rouge!
6. Kajillionaire
7. Us
8. Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
9. But I'm a Cheerleader
10. The Menu

...plus 70 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Beetlejuice
• Practical Magic
• Edward Scissorhands
• Hocus Pocus
• Hocus Pocus 2
• Over the Garden Wall
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Addams Family
• Addams Family Values
• Corpse Bride

...plus 31 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Perhaps I'm obsessed with Bastille and their music? The lead singer, Dan Smith, is a huge film nerd, and they used to sample from films in their mixtapes, Other People's Heartache Pts 1 & 2. They can be found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR_tRXj28xo&list=PLzybRwsgKBq9XM6ELpWmFiJrhvb2mr44s
I also decided to include a couple of movies they reference in their other, newer songs!

• Platoon
• Requiem for a Dream
• Mulholland Drive
• The Breakfast Club
• Taken
• Back to the Future

  -Sample on the end of "Killer" (OPH2): "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it."
  -"Back to the Future" (GMTF)

• Psycho
• Full Metal Jacket
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
• Donnie Darko

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

my friends and i are picking our top 5 fav films and watching them together. we all have VERY different tastes in movies.

• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Her
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• The Matrix
• The Half of It
• 10 Things I Hate About You
• Pride & Prejudice
• The Princess Bride
• Before Sunrise
• Ready or Not

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.