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Favorite films

  • Magnolia
  • The Tree of Life
  • Dekalog
  • The War Zone

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  • Paddington in Peru

    ★★★

  • Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

    ★★★

  • The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish

    ★★★★

  • The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea

    ★★★½

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Paint Drying

2016

169

Q&A Time

Ask me a question, get an answer. Jokey and serious ones allowed.

The Elephant Man

1980

★★★★★ Liked 16

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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Paddington in Peru

2024

★★★ Watched

It doesn’t “get” Paddington as much as the previous installments, and this may seem odd coming from a cynical movie viewer: but it’s the adorable bear who brings charm and humor everywhere, you’d have to fumble big time for me to hate it.

The arcs never really seem to connect, the climax lasts too long, some backgrounds look less than ideal for a feature this recent, characters are all over the place; a truly horrendous hodgepodge to be rather frank.…

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

1953

★★★ 9

This is the dawning of the rest of our lives.

Clever gags aside, you can tell exactly what this movie is going to be like after the first ten minutes, which makes the other seventy a bit of a slog. Good to be silly when the world is suffocating. I should mention that the main vaudeville comics I don’t find particularly funny, so this type of humor was hit or miss. Never exceeded a chuckle, but I appreciate the wit.

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Paint Drying

2016

60

[Old post. Not deleting for now since the comments are nice to look at, but I may delete. Thank you all.]

Okay so things are really bad right now. I won’t delve into what but I need prayers for my family desperately. Don’t really know how I can help with anything since I’m pretty powerless, so I need to let this be handled by a higher power. And I need your help too, so if you’re able please send a prayer for my family or some advice how to handle everything going wrong. Please.

Madame Web

2024

½ 113

Talk about a sticky situation!

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