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This shit makes me want to be a dad.

I think three hours of Tom Cruise as a crash test dummy isn’t the greatest replacement for a cogent story with real emotional stakes. I do love these films, I’ve seen them all. But at this point, what am I watching man? Lol

Cute ass lil movie,

Incredible story wrapped in a good doc. I going to dance competitions at this mall. Wowed by how big it was. Honestly if I trace the dates back, it’d land right around this secret little world’s conception. Isn’t that wild?

All that being said, the chronology was hard to follow. It was a long 90 minutes because of it. I guess I would have spent more time with Michael’s compulsion to do this in the first place. That was ultimately more interesting than the place itself.

God what a villain. This is the first time I’ve enjoyed Jason Schwartzman. Will I now like his acting more? I don’t know how much I feel like finding that out. Seems like a nice guy though.

This film felt VERY Mark Twain to me. Jocular, icky, beautiful, and scary, because so many of these men are in power now. Long live Dirk.

I very much needed to see this film before I embark on my next adventure. Thank u Eric.

I wish I could just gift this to my friends. It just felt like a continuous electric current.

An absolute treat that blew the dust off my Tuesday brain. Steve Coogen loses his fucking mind in the warmest way. If I had written on this movie Yolanda would have also been my contribution.

What a gorgeous movie. That’s exactly how it feels. Having your heart wrapped in lights.

I’m a sucker for an inter generational love story (not in a creepy way I promise) in that the stakes of desire are so stark. Someone wants what they know the other can’t give them simply because time and circumstance are the culprit.

FUCK THIS SHIT RULES. Goddamn I wish someone snuck me this movie when I was in the dance studio growing up. 

Also I had no idea John Lithgow was ever not an old man I am shook.

He handled business like a mf but Tom’s mustache is terrible.

STRAIGHT TO THE MOTHERFUCKING POINT GOT DAMN I LOVE IT.

Isn’t the real terror that we are alone in the universe, a cosmic slip up bent logically towards evil, so much more frightening than anything else?

It tried to hit it just didn’t.

I have never seen a Final Destination movie before and now I might need to run a marathon. This was so well acted lmao. Assignment understood across the board. I guffawed, I gasped, I grieved. Nah this 4 is so well deserved. Can’t recommend enough. Death got hands bruh my word.

This movie has been transformed by Andor in its totality. In a way I didn’t know was possible. Wow.

Going forward, I think I may have to just put this on whenever I’m sad.

“Finally.”

Again I am struck by Scandinavian humor. It’s singular. I cannot wait to watch this one again.

The vibes are off the charts and the script is a mess.

Best Walken I’ve seen though.

I will think about this movie for the rest of my days. Masterful. The malleability of faith and the ceiling of belief in the face of…types of torture I’ve never seen depicted in film. We always think of the sea as this place of refuge and rebirth, but it’s also a dungeon. A cemetery. Andrew Garfield cooked like a mf.

It’s been years since I read the book but I loved it. Read it twice. But…when Darcy is walking out the fog…my nigga. Why was EYE hooting and hollering?!

Hanging out with seniors as a freshman to this day harbors some of my favorite memories. This movie is perfect every time I see it, no matter what stage in life I’m at.

Best use of VO in a film that I’ve seen. Depp is so many people I know. And Benicio absolutely drew on this for Escape at Dannemora.

Further proof that one should avoid white women who cut their own bangs.

Okay that was funny but nowhere near funny enough for white men to have made it their adolescent personalities.

There’s magic in this one folks.

Adding not seeing this movie in theaters to my list of life regrets. The versatility of Alfonso Cuarón astounds me.

This movie fucking rules.

Whoa. This was really fucking good. I had my pitchfork ready. But nah man, Marvel’s coming back if they keep this up.

Geraldine Viswanathan got me giggling and kicking my feet what a woman.

It was perfect then, it’s perfect now, and it’ll be perfect when the aliens excavate our planet and find the blu ray disk.

Oh I KNOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW white people fucking hated this movie when it came out. Which is why I’m almost certain it inspired some of the great black comedians of our time. Chappelle’s Show is all over this. Incredible film.

Just a fucking masterpiece of a movie and would have been a cornerstone of my personality if I had seen it young.

The grandma in this movie, I hope she got her flowers. Stole every damn scene.

Okay this is a brilliant movie with the performance of a lifetime from Anna Farris. We need her back. Enough is enough. ANNA WE NEED YOU GIRL COME BACK.

20th anniversary. The feelings of disappointment still hit the same as they did in middle school lmao. But I loved the nostalgia trip…for 40 cumulative minutes.

Someone I know gave this film 3 and a half stars so I unfollowed them.

That was my first viewing and I am in awe.

Holy fuck this movie is amazing.

I saw Sinners twice, both in standard 16:9 and IMAX DMR. Ryan Coogler has earned that from me. So I’ll just say this once: IF YOU DO NOT SEE THIS ON AN IMAX SCREEN, YOU WILL NOT BE SEEING THE MOVIE RYAN MADE.

What he does by scripting the aspect ratio changes to emotional cues, I’ve never seen that shit before. It’s immersion into a gumbo I didn’t know I was eating. Flavors I’ve never tasted before. AND THE SCRIPT ALONE BEARS REANALYZING. The falsehoods and potholes of allyship! The capitalization of sacred music. Innate to black folks. How it’ll never sound quite right out of our hands.

My friend Kt mused that Coogler was trying to bring from Dusk ‘til Dawn back from the dead. I agree. And after two viewings of Sinners, my nigga did a good ass job.

Edit 5.3.25: I cannot stop thinking about this movie. It’s been everyday. I gotta bump it up to 4 and a half.

This was super okay in a good way.

I wanted to punch the screen. I am infuriated. Amazing.

Mad Men is ALL OVER THIS. Matthew Weiner I see you!

Whoa. Okay this is my first Varda experience and I’m convinced I will now watch everything this woman has ever made.

Ah. I see!

I didn’t love the way the mystery was laid out, because it wasn’t..? Super vibey though. Idk, is that douchey? I’m sorry man. This one’s been built up a long time.

May I please make ‘98 Honda

There’s joy bursting out of every seam of this movie. Laughs that made me feel like a kid again. I’ve only ever seen fragments my whole life. Nigga they beat the shit out of OJ the whole movie I’m dying.

I thought that was magnificent. How do you make someone you love understand you when they don’t have the tools to?! -he screamed at the sky

I think this is one of the better war movies I’ve seen in years. A fascinating look at organizational malpractice.

The bloody tile. I can FEEL them slipping over it. This shit is so sensory without compromising performance. Everybody in the cast is really damn good. But the greatest question this movie asks you is what the actual fuck kind of a plan is this in the first place? 

Ima learn about this shit.

Cate Blanchette just made me float. Holy shit.

All time performances with a messy script. But fuck man I wish I had seen this growing up.

You can see how good Jarecki will become at this. What a wild case man. Put everybody in rice.

I judged a movie by its poster Jesus Christ this was heartbreaking. Fuck man.

This is my first Charlie Chaplin movie and I have to say, this man got some hood tendencies.

Watching this film 180’d my day. I howled with laughter. But at the same time, how has nothing changed lol. He predicted everything by not saying anything. 

PS: I REWOUND IT AND THE SONG AT THE END I-

“In the moonlight, you can hear those darkies singing. In the moonlight, you can hear those banjos ringing.”

COME ON MAN LMAO

Ghouls begot by ghouls begot by ghouls. This will stay with me forever.

Things I really want to watch soon.

• Dog Day Afternoon

My friends give me two movies they love for me to watch.

• Dreamgirls

  Sami said “ARE YOU KIDDING” when I said I haven’t watched it.

• Angel-A
• Hamlet 2
• Never Let Me Go
• Safety Not Guaranteed
• A Tale of Two Sisters
• Perfect Blue
• Repo Man
• Fear of a Black Hat
• Roadside Prophets

...plus 21 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• F for Fake
• Three Colours: Blue
• Secrets & Lies
• Ikiru
• Crossing Delancey
• Thief
• What's Up, Doc?
• Perfect Days
• Revenge
• A Prophet

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.