Dicks: The Musical

2023

★★★ Liked Watched

Had a lot of fun with this, my only problem was the two leads. Every ing member of the cast ABSOLUTELY killed it, including The Sewer Boys.

A Haunting in Venice

2023

★★ Watched

Maybe it’s because I was more excited by the premise, but this was the most underwhelming of the trilogy for me. 

Facial hair still on point, this has been a good weekend for facial hair in movies for sure.

BlackBerry

2023

★★★★ Liked Watched

They really had the juice for a while, and then stupid little Jobs came and stole their juice :(

80 for Brady

2023

★★★★ Liked 1

I really love this movie, might even be my favorite football movie.

The Zone of Interest

2023

★★★★ Liked 1

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

Dumb Money

2023

★★★ Liked 1

Why did Shailene Woodley eat so hard in this?!  A thankless role that she completely dominated. 

And as for the movie, what can I say I like the stock.

Maestro

2023

★★★ Watched

This reminded me a lot of Ferrari in the way that they are both biopics with borderline absurd performances, impressive cinematography, and interesting ideas. But unfortunately for both of them I’m not interested enough in the story and main figure to be fully invested. 

This movie is not worth the love the Oscars gave it, but it’s also not worth the hate I’ve seen from many film fans.

Foe

2023

★★ Watched

I now know that there is such thing as a “bad miracle”, and it’s a movie with this cast being boring.

Afire

2023

★★★★ Liked Watched

I’m literally engaged and somehow the characters I relate to most are still sad writers that get no action.

I feel like some of the more literary aspects of this one lost some meaning in the translation, specifically when it came comes to his writings it’s hard for me to tell when it’s good or bad but overall I really enjoyed this a lot. A lot to unpack here but I don’t really feel like doing all that right now, ending was very good stuff.

All of Us Strangers

2023

★★★★★ Liked Watched

The ending of this movie absolutely clobbered me, like it picked me up spit on me and threw me back onto the ground shaking and whimpering in the cold. Paul you did great as always sweetheart, but this was Andrew Scott’s film. I knew that would be the case going in, based on the brief synopsis and press tour interviews I’ve seen but I was still mightily impressed. 

This movie takes a story that was not inherently queer and adds…

The Boy and the Heron

2023

★★★★ Liked 1

Pretty certain this will become my favorite Miyazaki on rewatch, it was just a little too dense to fully wrap my arms around this time around. An absurdly poignant and powerful work of art from an aging legend. This absolutely should win best animated film ( I love you more Spiderverse but this just feels right to honor the art form that Miyazaki changed). It should also be seriously talked about for score, but I know it probably won’t. 

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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

2023

★★★★ Liked Watched

Adorable movie, McAdams should be everyone’s mom.