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Watched on Friday May 23, 2025.

Middle children of history. No purpose or place. 
No War. No Great Depression. 

Watched on Thursday May 22, 2025.

Back in July 2018, I got the chance to catch a Real Madrid preseason game—the first match of the post-Ronaldo era. It also happened to be Vini’s debut. I didn’t know much about him, other than that he was this 18 year old Brazilian kid some people were hyping as the next big thing. The game itself ended up being a stinker against a horrible United side, but I always Vini’s performance as the silver lining—something I could look forward to that season. His game was still a little rough around the edges, but he had an unrelenting will to attack and an infectious energy that just made you root for the kid. You could tell there was something special there.

Fast forward, and now he’s a goalscorer in both European finals he’s played—and won—with a Netflix special to his name. Crazy.

The documentary itself is a little all over the place, but still a fun watch for fans. It reminded me of the highs and lows, but mostly that he’s been fighting for the badge since day one. He’s one of our own, and I hope he stays for a long time.

Watched on Sunday May 18, 2025.

I’m literally Doc Holliday bro

Billy would’ve still been waiting for the Jets to win that Super Bowl

Beautiful things don’t ask for attention. Such a wholesome movie. A reminder that you don’t have to be extraordinary to start living an extraordinary life.

Ironically good. If you grew up watching early 2000s action movies there’s some nostalgia for you here.

Watched on Wednesday May 14, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 13, 2025.

Watched on Sunday May 11, 2025.

Watched on Thursday May 8, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 5, 2025.

The Void vs the power of friendship

Imagine not liking Adam Sandler movies

This is where the fun begins—but not really, since the next trilogy nearly fumbled the entire franchise. Yes, it’s flawed. It could’ve easily been split into two movies. It’s almost cheesy and overstuffed enough for me to make a lasagna joke, but I know better. This is a masterpiece of Shakespearean proportions. The rise and fall of a hero. Anakin’s arc is the blueprint. Name a more iconic descent in modern pop culture. Really glad I got to rewatch this in theaters. Shout out John Williams—“Anakin’s Betrayal” goes double platinum on my Spotify at least once a year.

Watched on Monday April 28, 2025.

Watched on Sunday April 27, 2025.

Watched on Saturday April 26, 2025.

Watched on Friday April 25, 2025.

Watched on Friday April 25, 2025.

20th anniversary back-in-theaters rewatch consisted of a theater full of sighs and giggles every time Darcy came on screen. Shoutout to all the yearners out there.

Watched on Saturday April 19, 2025.

Masterfully written and casted characters. The bit about ‘ignoring the proverbial slaughterhouse to enjoy the steak’ definitely resonated.

Was skeptical going into it, but it definitely deserves all the merits. My bad Sean Baker, I was unfamiliar with your game.

Watched on Wednesday April 16, 2025.

Watched on Monday April 14, 2025.

Insane rewatch featuring a live orchestra and composer Justin Hurwitz himself. What else is there to say.

Watched on Wednesday April 9, 2025.

Why don’t you both just put your guns down and go home? 
Don’t be stupid, this is a shootout. 
The last third of the movie is so good man. It’s nearly perfect, too bad it’s in Bruges…

Watched on Monday March 31, 2025.

The emptiness is a mirror. Existentialism core.

Sam playing that one piano melody while the camera sits on Ingrid Bergman’s reaction is the best part of the movie. I’m not disputing the fact that it’s a masterpiece, but maybe I went into it with too high expectations and found it slightly underwhelming. Also, Isabella Rossellini is a carbon copy of her mother.

Watched on Monday March 17, 2025.

There’s more to life than a little bit of money, don’t you know that? Oh ya you betcha

There’s so much that can be said about this movie, but what stands out to me most is its resounding relevance 40 years post release.

Watched on Wednesday March 12, 2025.

Two and a half stars for that cast, the rest is forgettable. I may have watched this before and probably just forgot all about it.

A movie about the kind of thing that will restore your faith in humanity. What a story.

So a movie was made about one of the biggest pieces of shits the world has ever seen…
Technically sound, and really had me leaning on my unconditional love for DeNiro and Scorcese to get through it cause that Lamotta guy was insufferable. The downfall was nice to see though, I guess there’s a message there.

“All the anxiety we bear with us, all our thwarted dreams, the incomprehensible cruelty, our fear of extinction, the painful insight into our earthly condition, have slowly eroded our hope of an other-wordly salvation. The howl of our faith and doubt against the darkness and silence, is one of the most awful proofs of our abandonment and our terrified, unuttered knowledge.”

Trying to figure out what this all means might be as useless as the two main characters trying to get a grip on reality, but I’ll give it a shot. I think Bergman’s clearly going for the whole duality of (wo)man theme here obviously, but where he really succeeds is in seamlessly blurring the lines between things that are so starkly contrasted. Dreams bleed into reality, nurture becomes violence, trust turns into betrayal, intimacy becomes violation. One character doesn’t speak and the other one’s a professional yapper, but through their compartmentalization and detachment their psyches are merged. It’s actually incredibly introspective psychologically. Anyway, I liked the whole bit about “notions of life failing to accord with one’s actions”—It’s a deeply human contradiction. 10/10

Watched on Saturday March 8, 2025.

Easily the best brain-scrambling revenge plot out there and one of the best villains I’ve seen in a long time. Truly lives up to its reputation.

Watched on Tuesday March 4, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday March 4, 2025.

Watched on Thursday February 27, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday February 25, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday February 25, 2025.

Watched on Monday February 24, 2025.

In progress

1. Oldboy
2. Whiplash
3. Apocalypse Now
4. The Brutalist
5. Full Metal Jacket
6. Persona
7. Do the Right Thing
8. A Real Pain
9. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
10. Anora

...plus 86 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Big Fish
• Interstellar
• Pulp Fiction
• Before Sunrise
• American Psycho
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• The Departed
• Eyes Wide Shut
• Harakiri
• La Haine

...plus 9 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Watched in 2024 for the first time.

1. Harakiri
2. La Haine
3. Come and See
4. Incendies
5. It's a Wonderful Life
6. Memories of Murder
7. The Shining
8. Nosferatu
9. Poor Things
10. The Whale

...plus 115 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.