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"she's sweet but she's a cinema studies major."

we've yet to see a creative genius the likes of lena dunham since girls ended. i'm being so serious. for a student film, it evokes so much and i loved, loved the final shot pre-credits. the amateurish quality is so endearing, i especially loved lena's eye with the camera in intimate moments and the party scene with the boom shadow. so glad i was able to finally watch this.

a few thoughts i had during this:

their entire two minute spy montage set to help was better than the entire help! film

kendall schmidt could play austin powers but mike myers couldn't play kendall knight.

it's diamond. james diamond.

rent was clearly due because this is the best big time rush has ever sounded. outperformed the beatles at every turn. don't believe me? compare both versions of can't buy me love and you will soon agree. it's ridiculous how good they all sound on each track.

kendall & james are the mclennon of big time rush.

"i'm in my buddy holly phase."

truly such a boring movie where i feel like nothing happened over the course of the quite (thankfully) brief run time. not even trying to cloud my judgement becasue of well.....the grooming that occured from this....it just genuinely isn't very interesting. the best parts are anything to do with john & paul and they're so limited. atj & tbs do well though in their respective roles. i heard tbs learned to play left handed? most positive takeaway is that at least mclennon truthing was being done.

oh, also...i hate to say it. i don't think atj was that generous of casting for john lennon...#tome.....

this has all the hijinks and shenanigans of an episode of big time rush. but with more racism. ah well. i like this album. plus john's kinda cute :]

"do you think this hairstyle has come to stay?"

i've seen the greatest mind of my generation (my own) lost to john lennon goofing around in a bathtub

saw this on a date when it came out with a guy too old for me to be on a date with at that time lol. anyways, it should be illegal to be as hot as jon bernthal is in this.

i hope to one day have enough money to ride a motorcycle

pretty sure i clocked stephen colbert's voice

"men shouldn't be friends" uh yeah cus they should be fucking each other

pick your favorite:

gen z yearns for the clown sightings of 2016

me: mom, i want to watch it (2017)
mom: we have it (2017) at home

close enough, welcome back brian zeller from
nbc's hannibal

sorry lesbians i only watched this for scotty nelson

not to objectify tom cruise but the ballerina moves in the vault scene....

"live, laugh, cum."

holy shit. is chloe fineman funny? enjoyed her in this more than anything she's ever done on snl. crazy. alex moffat is one of the girliesssss. jillian bell you are so loved.

god's favorite faggot

"how do you feel?"
"young."

might've accidentally started hot horror summer a month too early but uh, what the fuck was this? don't get me wrong, i loved a lot of what was going on. it was incredibly zulawskian (with a nice blend of possession and rosemary's baby inspiration in the opening shots and font). though, on more than a few occasions dasha very willingly (and obviously) subjugates herself and the actresses to her own prevailing dedication to the male gaze. otherwise, big fan of everything happening and what betsey brown was doing. i do not want whatever she's having.

edit: as rough as it is to it i do think the exploitative nature of making a movie about a real case and real victims while also making it about online addled conspiracy culture and also sexual supernatural possession does work on a few levels. controversial, daring, and all around hard to stomach.

for real though...who did teach michael to drive?

in another life i'd be writing laugh out loud live yaoi

saw as part of the chicago critics festival with jay duplass, liz larsen, and michael strassner in person for a q&a

Watched on Tuesday April 29, 2025.

"i thought this was supposed to be fake, it's all real."

absolutely confounded by what the draw to this movie has been to me, as someone who knows one pavement song (besides joe keery with that haircut). and i am so glad i was, whatever the reason may have been. it was relentlessly funny, tongue in cheek throughout, with a deep seeded appreciation behind layers and layers of irony. confusing and nonsensical, i walked away knowing the same as i did going in, but with a new sense of draw and understanding to the appeal of pavement itself. so, maybe it achieved what it set out to do as a non-documentary, non-movie, committed to the bit musical and museum. 

as mentioned, i knew a single pavement song going into this but i was surprised by how familiar everything sounded. traces of sound through bands i love and reminded me of growing up on the west coast, myself. perhaps, though it was slightly ironic, they are the most influential and inspiring band in the world. reminds me of the conversation between noah baumbach and stephen malkmus where noah says "when you want to sound cool, you talk about pavement." and stephen agrees. 

for your consideration, joe keery. 

saw as part of mubi fest at the salt shed, with director alex ross perry in attendance for a q&a

"but just before the sunrise, that was the best day of my life. was it like that for you?"

really great. loved the coloring, tracking shots, score, and the past/future dance scene. and sure, yeah, i could take the michael b jordan's. oh, you meant in a fight?

edit: also, the (intentional or not) shot mirroring louis and his brother from interview with the vampire (show) 🥹

every five seconds mel and i were like "oh, we've seen them in something."

"your grief is rotting your teeth."

obsessed with whatever guy pearce was doing

saw at the music box with q&a from david cronenberg (and the world's worst, most annoying "interviewer" ever) 

"i laughed, i cried."

being a girl in middle school is psychological warfare fr

Watched on Tuesday April 22, 2025.

it's a cross between crouching tiger, hidden dragon and ben affleck's construction job in good will hunting

"bobby kennedy was shot down the street. that's another nice feature of the neighborhood."

really fantastic fucking indie movie fucking mumblecore dogshit

so he's a strawberry girl huh....

"i'm trying to be more proactive with my life."

upon a second watch, she's just like me for real

this movie gives me gender dysphoria

"it was just a joke. this wasn't supposed to happen."

i absolutely adored this. the camera work, the white noise in shots, not knowing if it was part of a movie or real, the competing relationships at play. also, i'm not too straight to it that i have a small crush on greta gerwig. her smile is so adorable and i love her energy always!!!

michael stuhlbarg is so good at delivering meaningful ages of dialogue. he should have a bisexual son maybe.

BEST MOVIE TO EVER BE MADE. COREY CUNNINGHAM YOU WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS FOR YOUR CUTE LIL SCARECROW MASK AND FOR BEING BULLIED AS A GROWN MAN BY TEENAGERS. I'M FREE THURSDAY IF YOU'RE FREE.

finn wolfhard waxes about bullshit heterosexual politics and majored in women's studies and you expect me to not say he's literally me?

things i really liked about this movie:
- the fact that cameron was in a skirt the entire time he was chasing after michael
- thomas mann!!! we need more thomas mann!!!
- the kills were epic
- the look of childlike wonder michael's able to convey with his mask
- the cop who looked like mikey day if he was playing carslisle cullen in a sketch

things i really did not like about this movie:
- "big john" and "little john"

kyle m is the greatest mind of our generation

"have you heard of a conspiracy theory?"
"yeah, i think we're in one."

what an interesting concept for a mockumentary and works wholly thanks to matt johnson's brand of genius and approach. just sticking himself into one of the most famous conspiracy theories known to man and is just like 'okay, but what if i faked the moon landing?'. honestly, i was super drawn to owen williams' performance throughout the film, i felt he had a subtle shine to him that i really enjoyed. lastly, just immaculate in its technical flawlessness. stunning to look at and realize over and over again this was not actually filmed in the sixties.

"just tell me what to do and i'll do it."

now accepting applications from dorky brunets

"and their most remarkable quality is that they're friends with each other."

wanted this to hit a lot more than it did. sure, okay, whatever, i'll it it occasionally reminded me of a man i once knew but that's neither here nor there. who cares. love matt johnson's button eyes.

"street smarts, bitch."

pete davidson STUNS in the new saw film

"he waited for me. i've waited for him."

this is a love story

"i get it, i'm a lot. i'm the one that has to deal with me all the time."

this was maybe not the best movie to watch at work but it was good and i'd had it on my prime watchlist forever. don't think i have much to add that hasn't been said but body dysmorphia is a bitch and so is, as well, caring about someone that refuses to get better or want better for themselves, to the point of pushing the ones that love them away. because you can't love them enough for them.

anyways, can we get thomas mann in way more stuff? i miss him.

this happened to my buddy conner o'malley once. kind of.

"you seem restless. like in a permanent way." 

while never bad, it fails to have any sort of true emotional build up. everything is quite reserved (though beautiful in it's own sleepy way and michelle naturally delivers) and honestly daniel isn't a compelling enough love interest for me to understand her wanting to leave seth rogen, who adores her and is a very comfycozy husband!!! bonus half star for the 10 seconds i saw aaron abrams though :]

"same shirt, same pants, same divorce."

at its core, it's generally well done for what it's working with. there's a few technical issues with the sound and music mixing (and the song choices...) but there's great heart here and natural talent coming though a pretty meek post-mumblecore film. john reynolds and carmen christopher breathe some much needed life into what could've been a beige film. and yes, like almost all 35 reviews pointed out, at times it does feel like they're both in different movies and it works! tracking shot was fantastic and john's little tearful goodbye to the group. sorry, i'm just so obsessed with his voice and demeanor, what a guy!

this happened to my buddy will graham

you really just had to be there when this came out

a24 darling kyle mooney

i found this today on vhs for 1.50 and thought why not, i want to see it and it's not on streaming. who doesn't want to be paul rudd's fag hag honestly.

i'd leave jake johnson for ron livingston in a heartbeat ‼️

on a lesser, more serious note. really impressed w olivia wilde in this, very natural and complex performance. people do need to stop calling this mumblecore though just bc it's a) directed by joe swanberg and b) low-budget. it's got his mumblecore influence as a nice thread to the style throughout the film but is still a departure from the genre as a whole.

i just got my fortune read. apparently i died three years ago?

my favorite mumblecore movies

• The Dish & the Spoon
• True Adolescents
• Nights and Weekends
• Humpday
• Baghead
• Tiny Furniture
• Hannah Takes the Stairs
• The Puffy Chair

all the halloween movies ranked

1. Halloween Ends
2. Halloween
3. Halloween
4. Halloween
5. Halloween Kills
6. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
7. Halloween: Resurrection
8. Halloween II
9. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
10. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Possession
• Fatal Attraction
• Rosemary's Baby
• Ready or Not
• Gone Girl
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Black Swan
• Jennifer's Body
• The Shape of Things

ranking based off personal preference not objective quality of each sawquel

• Saw
• Spiral: From the Book of Saw
• Saw 3D
• Saw II
• Saw IV
• Saw VI
• Saw III
• Jigsaw
• Saw X
• Saw V

every 2024 release i saw

1. Challengers
2. Y2K
3. Saturday Night
4. Rap World
5. Dune: Part Two
6. A Complete Unknown
7. Queer
8. Longlegs
9. Nosferatu
10. Babes

...plus 47 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

i'm like if ryan gosling was a woman who was also nonbinary

• La La Land
• Drive
• The Nice Guys
• The Notebook
• Barbie
• The Place Beyond the Pines
• Lars and the Real Girl
• Only God Forgives
• Blade Runner 2049

• Project X
• Spring Breakers
• How to Have Sex
• The Bling Ring
• The Dirties

1. Suspiria
2. Longlegs
3. The First Omen
4. The Sixth Sense
5. The Babadook
6. Trap
7. Alien: Romulus
8. Creep
9. Creep 2
10. MaXXXine

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

title says it all.

1. Killers of the Flower Moon
2. Saltburn
3. Louis Tomlinson: All of Those Voices
4. Oppenheimer
5. Barbie
6. Priscilla
7. The Iron Claw
8. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
9. John Wick: Chapter 4
10. Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

...plus 34 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

these movies are connected, in a way

• Uncut Gems

  wine pairing: good time, whiplash, & speed racer
  

• Whiplash

  wine pairing: baby driver, uncut gems, & fight club

• 8 Mile

  wine pairing: the place beyond the pines, taxi driver, & superbad

• Taxi Driver

  wine pairing: fight club, the place beyond the pines, & joker

• Drive

  wine pairing: baby driver, speed racer, & the place beyond the pines
  

• Interstellar

  wine pairing: the place beyond the pines, speed racer & 8-mile

• Good Time

  wine pairing: uncut gems, baby driver, & whiplash
  

• Fight Club

  wine pairing: taxi driver, whiplash, & joker

• Baby Driver

  wine pairing: drive, good time, & the place beyond the pines

• The Place Beyond the Pines

  wine pairing: uncut gems, fight club, & whiplash
  

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

in an ideal world i'm a skater boy from socal in 2003

• Wayne's World
• Dude, Where's My Car?
• Dogma
• Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
• Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
• Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
• Grind
• Chasing Amy