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Favorite films

  • Lost in Translation
  • The Royal Tenenbaums
  • Heathers

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  • Tangerine

  • Beatriz at Dinner

  • Molly's Game

    ★★★½

  • I, Tonya

    ★★★★★

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Bolshoi Babylon

2015

★★★ Watched

Great subject matter but ultimately unsatisfying.

The Equalizer

2014

★★ Liked Watched

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

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Elysium

2013

★★★½ Watched

I really wanted to love this film, but it ended up being an enjoyable blockbuster and no more.

There was a lot of layering and nuance which could have been added which would have made me care more about what happened. There are attempts to do it but they almost seem like part of a different film. Ultimately it seemed like the intent was to make some cool gadgets (yes), do some futuristic stuff with Earth similar to the style…

Bachelorette

2012

½ Watched

I really enjoy chick flicks which are either funny-because-it's-true or leave me with some kind of happy feeling at the end. I loved Bridesmaids because it hit the right kind of note and told the right kind of story about the drama, emotion and stress around a wedding.

Bachelorette FAILS on EVERY count. The women are assholes. They don't even like their friend who is getting married (despite pretending to her face that they have her back like the times…