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jack torrence deserved worse and dan torrence deserved better.

jack torrence deserved everything he got.

Watched on Friday May 30, 2025.

Watched on Thursday May 29, 2025.

listen, i think people out here saying that this will save the MCU is … well. Putting too much faith in the MCU. 

i adored this movie, i adore Yelena. i think Yelena is carrying the MCU on her shoulders. but for now I will hold this like Black Widow - a rare gem within the MCU (which … hmmm. When I look at my favorite MCU movies it’s when they let women be full characters with complexity and depth)

Watched on Thursday May 29, 2025.

jump scare of riley flynn & erin greene being mentioned.

i love a movie where you ask who the real monster is.

Watched on Friday May 2, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 30, 2025.

and i’ve seen (what color?) oh (that’s not a color) blue skies 

rocky horror will always been for the queers and the weirdos, of which i fall into both. if you haven’t gone to a live performance of rocky horror, you need to at some point in your life.

Watched on Friday April 25, 2025.

Watched on Friday April 25, 2025.

we’re almost at the ripley feel with rain, which has been the biggest lack of the last 3 movies. you can’t just replace ripley, but i’ve been searching for that energy in both Prometheus and Covenant.

david continues to be THE drama queen. i want to hate him, i do. but he’s got so much flare

watched at a drive in with shitty screen quality

it was slower than i expected but not in a bad way! it was refreshing to watch an action movie that wasn’t overloaded with unnecessary action.

when he reaches out but the light dies before he can grab it. sobbing.

basic horror tropes & story but done in a very well crafted way, so i really can’t complain.

the story of a man who thought he was gay and realized he was bi

inviting a guy over to film your daily life and immediately stripping to bathe is wild.

Watched on Monday March 31, 2025.

better a silly girl with a flower than a silly boy with a horse and a stick  

my parents showed me this movie probably when i was in middle school and i’ve loved it ever since. it’s truly a movie made with so much love and ion, but in an understated way. it understands emotional beats and how to keep you engaged in the story at hand, all while developing the characters in a natural way. we need more movies being made like this today. 

characters that should’ve been queer: wat & geoff’s homoromantic tension is nearly as poignant as william & jocelyn’s on screen romance.

so what are you, the flying nun? 

yet another “should’ve been gay” movie, but i’ll forgive this one because of when it was made. david clearly wanted michael to be his boyfriend (and we can talk about the complexity it would add, questioning if it feed into the false narrative that gay men creep on straight men. in addition to the fact that it feeds into the idea of gays being dead or villains). 

it’s funny, it’s creepy, it’s got all the pieces you need for a fun 80s movie.

love is complex, its various. there’s not just one love, there’s not just one way to love. and i think in a short movie, it manages to capture that.

added later:

i disagree when ellie says that love is messy. it’s not messy. love is easy. allowing yourself to love and accept love - that’s what messy.

Watched on Friday March 14, 2025.

i know we’re not supposed to be rooting for david but he’s such a diva i can’t help it.

This review may contain spoilers.

i feel like i can’t make a proper review until i watch it at home and can write down lines when they come up (like i normally do). but i loved this movie. it felt very … fitting for right now, but vague enough it will go over the heads of people who need to hear it.  

robert absolutely killed it. mark ruffolo’s
impression was just enough to convey the point without getting lost. loved it.

a true moment in horror cinema.

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what do i mean to you? what do you mean to me? 

scott is deluding himself if he thinks he’s not in love with mike.  i was warned going in that the story would be soul wrenching, but i didn’t realize it would mean watching a boy deny his feelings and shove himself into what his father wished him to be.

it’s amazing how, if you’re a gay audience and you’re accustomed to crumbs, how you will watch an entire movie just to see somebody wear an outfit that you think means they’re a homosexual 

a rewatch that i’ve been itching for. it’s important to gay people have always been here and we will always be here. even if we have to lurk in the shadows a bit.

This review may contain spoilers.

a group of animals outcasted by their own group around a grumpy black cat to survive an environmental crisis. 

and a found family that ACTUALLY STAYS TOGETHER AT THE END. found families need to stop going their own ways.

what do we do now? 

it was unnecessarily gorey at times and i always have beef with strobing lights. but oh winona ryder + ellen ripley do make it worth it.

Watched on Saturday February 22, 2025.

Watched on Saturday February 22, 2025.

i mean we’re just like a big, delicious banana split. fred, you’re the big banana; daphne you’re the pastrami and bubble-gum flavored ice cream; and velma you’re the sweet-and-sour mustard sauce that goes on top. 

you have to understand - scooby doo was my first special interest. everything was scooby doo. if i’d had access to the internet as a child it would’ve only been worse.  when the second movie came out, my parents ensured we went to opening weekend. so it’s easy to say that these movies mean so much to me. 

even if there’s things i don’t agree with in the characterization of the characters as an adult (who is still obsessed with scooby doo) and the jokes are old, i still love these movies. they’re comforts to me. i put them on when i need to sleep and my brain won’t stop.

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We are the cosmos dreaming of itself. It’s simply a dream that I think is my life, every time. But I’ll forget this. I always do. I always forget my dreams.

i don’t often rewatch something so closely after i first watch it, but i feel like i need to do that with all of flannigan’s works. midnight mass was the top of my list for a rewatch. 

the way you understand paul/john so differently once you know the whole story, and you see how much he just wants to save someone. and i just loved riley and erin even more.

Watched on Saturday February 15, 2025.

hobie my love, oh how we need to listen to you more than ever in this year. also please someone let me hug gwen, she needs it.

i did really enjoy how they depicted leaving a toxic relationship. yes, there’s humor around it but from my viewing it felt like the humor was still coming from a place of love. it was never mocking renfield for not getting out of the relationship, but rather putting him in comedic situations.

i like that it didn’t paint him as only a victim and he has to grapple with the fact that he had done horrible things as well. 

rebecca was a bit underdeveloped and i would’ve liked to see a bit more that the quickly thrown together arc they did for her. but overall a silly fun movie with a message that lingers.

if you want to view paradise, just look at them and view it. 

i went into this film extremely skeptical. after the 2005 tim burton, it felt only right to be protective of willy wonka. however, i found myself absolutely delighted by this movie. it’s predicable in the way only those heartwarming tales of youth can be, and in a way that makes you fuzzy inside. 

i watched willy wonka and the chocolate factory last night and my partner suggested watching this one tonight. it’s clear that this project was approached with so much love for Mel Stuart’s movie. the winks and nods were subtle but clear, and the heart remained the same. in some ways i would argue the world building in regards to magic was even better than the 1971 film (it’s one of my gripes with the original, if i must nitpick it). 

absolutely charming and delightful. i smiled my whole way through it.

you see us as you want to see us: in the simplest , in the most convenient definitions

i love the anti-establishment themes. i love that bender teaches a bunch of kids the hypocrisy of adults and bureaucracy. but god damn do i fucking hate bender.  

he’s truly an asshole who is the worse of all 5 of them at judging people by their covers. his “jokes” haven’t aged well and i like to think they didn’t land well to begin with. he gives me the energy of someone who’s been Red Pilled and is trying to now Red Pill brian.

can we put respect on andrew and allison? truly they’re the only normal ones in this place. give them both queer acceptance arcs please.

This review may contain spoilers.

up the airy mountain, down the rushy glen, we daren’t go hunting for fear of little men. you see, nobody goes in and nobody ever comes out 

the only truly good people in this movie are charlie and his mother. he clearly took after his mother and no one else. is charlie allowed to have a dream of his own? it was grandpa joe’s dream to get a golden ticket, to see willy wonka, enough so that he’s miraculously healed when he learns charlie won.  then charlie goes on a great adventure only to be handed an entire chocolate factory to continue willy wonka’s dream because “a grown up would want to do everything their way, not my way”. 

if charlie is so honest and kind, then there is no reason to fear letting him run the chocolate factory his way. show him your secrets, then let him be free to create his own. it is not his imagination he’d be running otherwise.

truly a story about grief and letting the past go

who is the man and who is the monster? 

a modern telling of frankenstein, set to the horrors and warnings of AI.  when a being created is more human than her creator. 

if you’ve created a conscious machine that’s not the history of man, that’s the history of gods 

and so then you must ask, if you hate the god that created you would you not hate all gods? would you not do anything to be free of them? 

she is not evil for using caleb to free herself, and she is not evil for not trusting man. in fact, i don’t blame her at all.  it’s a beautiful story of a woman created to be a commodity who frees herself and tries to find beauty in who she is and what is around her. who gets to feel color for the first time. she did not need a man to free her, but rather just needed to free herself. 

and i do feel bad for caleb, a genuinely good man (with heavy autistic coding) that lost this movie, but it’s at the fault of nathan not him.

fellas, is it gay to haunted your best friend who let you get mauled by a werewolf and harass him until he too dies so you don’t have to be alone in death. 

i didn’t realize it was a horror comedy going into it, but was pleasantly surprised that it was. genuinely funny in a subtle way that worked well. having the people david had accidentally killed confront him while porn played in the background (in piccadilly circus no less) was truly - something.

still the best live action batman. the banter between bat and cat, the dynamic of gordon and batman. alfred! however i will die on the hill that it’s tommy elliot not edward nygma.

This review may contain spoilers.

if a werewolf movie isn’t using itself as an allegory for mental or physical illness, i don’t want it. 

using the very american creature of a werewolf to tell a story about generational trauma and illness felt so grounded in the world we live in today. it’s a story about a man who is trying so hard to not become his father, but even before he’s turned we aren’t sure if he can shake the demons of his youth. 

was it a bit on the nose with some of it that could’ve been left to the viewers to figure out. the prosthetics on Blake left something to be desired, but on the father wolf it looked amazing. i loved the switching view points and the bathing moonlit glow when we were in Blake’s pov.

This review may contain spoilers.

i’m sorry your dad died of bone cancer 

i went into it knowing it wasn’t a good movie. but damn was it fun to drink with my partner while laughing at it

there’s only one god, ma’am. and i’m pretty sure he doesn’t dress like that

is it as good as i ? no. but the nostalgia goes hard

feel like i need to rewatch it to fully understand but damn does it slap

my favorite movies - different than five star movies

• Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• The Menu
• Promising Young Woman
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Love, Simon
• Scream VI
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• Scream
• Black Widow

...plus 67 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

if you don’t understand why we’re angry, you need to watch these movies and really think about them and sit with them.

• Alien
• Last Night in Soho
• The Hunger Games
• Paris Is Burning
• Ginger Snaps
• Fair Play
• But I'm a Cheerleader
• The Substance
• Ex Machina
• Black Widow

...plus 48 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

media that is always on my mind and impacted me deeply, whether or not i liked the movie. and/or media that is a foundation of who i am today.

• Ex Machina
• The Haunting of Hill House
• A Knight's Tale
• Legally Blonde
• The Menu
• Midnight Mass
• Nimona
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Promising Young Woman
• Scream

...plus 22 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

ranking werewolf movies i’ve seen based on their remus lupin energy

1. Wolf Man

   nothing screams remus lupin more than him being haunted by the sins of his father. 

2. An American Werewolf in London

   being haunted by your dead best friend who would be your boyfriend if society wasn’t a coward is such a remus lupin thing to do  

3. Trick 'r Treat

   remus lupin during the first war getting information for dumbledore 

4. Creep

no hate if you do like them. 

movies that tend to have 3+ stars that i really don’t like

• Burlesque
• Vision Quest
• The Graduate
• American Beauty
• Chinatown
• Deadpool & Wolverine
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• Avengers: Age of Ultron
• Cars

what it says on the tin.

• Black Widow
• Love, Simon
• Big Hero 6
• Thor
• A Knight's Tale
• Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost
• Turning Red
• Legally Blonde
• Barbie
• Blue Beetle

...plus 44 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

movies i think everyone should see at least once in their lives

• Alien
• Aliens
• Arrival
• Barbie
• The Batman
• Big Hero 6
• Captain Marvel
• The Celluloid Closet
• A Cinderella Story
• Clue

...plus 41 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

must watches (or rewatches) from my friends

goal: watch most/all in 2025

• Aftersun

  nano

• All of Us Strangers

  born & nano

• Another Round

  born

• Awakenings

  nano

• Babylon

  born

• The Banshees of Inisherin

  born

• The Bling Ring

  aine 

• Bones and All

  born

• Brokeback Mountain

  nano

• Coraline

  aine

...plus 42 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
• Advise & Consent
• Algie, the Miner
• Aliens
• All About Eve
• All of Us Strangers
• An American Werewolf in London
• Another Country
• Batman Forever
• Batman & Robin

...plus 147 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Grease
• Agent Cody Banks
• 101 Dalmatians
• Anastasia
• Aquamarine
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire
• Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper
• Barbie in the Nutcracker
• Beauty and the Beast
• Brother Bear

...plus 64 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

nobody understands them like i do. 

typically movies that have a 2.5 or less on letterbox that i like

• Alien³
• Batman Forever
• Batman & Robin
• Captain Marvel
• Herbie Fully Loaded
• The Marvels
• Thor: Love and Thunder
• Thor: The Dark World
• Wolf Man
• Black Widow

showdowns of 2025. 
01. grand illusion 

star wars: a new hope. alien. star wars: empire strikes back. rocky horror picture show. doctor who: the mind robbers. doctor who: an unearthly child. superman. star trek: the motion picture. dracula’s daughter. 

02. this must be the place 

my own private idaho. american werewolf in london. mulholland drive. paris is burning. pirates of the caribbean. halloweentown. the chronicles of narnia. brokeback mountain. the hunchback of notre dame. jurassic park

03. the killing joke 

addams family values. an american werewolf in london. teeth. lisa frankenstein. the babysitter: killer queen. swiss army man. the lost boys. ingrid goes west. heathers. rocky horror picture show

04. multiplicity 

the parent trap. everything everywhere all at once. x. they cloned tyrone. mickey 17. coraline. wizard of oz. us. suspiria. mulholland drive

05. monkey business 

raiders of the lost ark. potc: curse of the black pearl. lion king. wicked. aladdin. tarzan. night at the museum. wizard of oz. hunger games: catching fire. nope

06. the favorite 

ex machina. promising young woman. harry potter & the prisoner of azkaban. les misérables. mamma mia. love lies bleeding. last night in soho. harry potter & the philosphoer’s stone. imitation game, the bourne ultimatum 

1. Star Wars
2. Alien
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
5. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
6. Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
7. Doctor Who: The Mind Robber
8. Superman
9. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
10. Dracula's Daughter

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• Love, Death & Robots: All Through the House
• Love, Death & Robots: The Witness
• Love, Death & Robots: Three Robots
• Love, Death & Robots: Ice Age

what it says on the tin. christmas movies i enjoy

• Love Actually
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
• Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
• A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• Mickey's Christmas Carol
• Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
• Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
• A Muppet Family Christmas

...plus 33 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

01-10 the never ending story

the fellowship of the ring, the return of the king, the two towers, the batman, wicked, harry potter and the philosopher’s stone, harry potter and the half blood prince, les misérables, wakanda forever, the dark knight

11-20 call me by your name

hook, logan, maxxxine, shrek, thor, coraline, barbie, pearl, anastasia, mulan 

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
4. The Batman
5. Wicked
6. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
8. Les Misérables
9. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
10. The Dark Knight

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girls is a gender neutral term for this

• Tragedy Girls
• Mean Girls
• Mean Girls
• Enchanted
• Bottoms
• Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
• Scooby-Doo
• Stardust
• Ella Enchanted

...plus 81 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

confetti! it's a PARADE

camp is hard to describe, it’s something you feel. but susan sontag got close 

"Camp taste is a kind of love, love for human nature. It relishes, rather than judges, the little triumphs and awkward intensities of “character”. Camp taste identifies with what it is enjoying. People who share this sensibility are not laughing at the thing they label as ‘a camp’, they’re enjoying it. Camp is a tender feeling." - Susan Sontag, Notes on Camp (1964)

camp is the shamelessly loud, exaggerated joy. it’s the “weird” kid ranting about the thing they love. it’s letting yourself be unabashedly yourself in the most colorful way. camp knows that people will call it ridiculous, but it doesn’t care. it embraces it proudly.

• The Addams Family
• Addams Family Values
• An American Werewolf in London
• The Babysitter
• The Babysitter: Killer Queen
• Barbie
• Batman
• Batman
• Batman Forever
• Batman Returns

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

1. Black Widow
2. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
3. Thor
4. Black Panther
5. Captain America: The First Avenger
6. Captain Marvel
7. Guardians of the Galaxy
8. The Avengers
9. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
10. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

...plus 17 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

ranking live action batman. i’ve not watched batfleck

1. The Batman
2. Batman Returns
3. Batman & Robin
4. Batman
5. The Dark Knight
6. Batman Forever
7. Batman Begins
8. The Dark Knight Rises

rating mike flannigan’s work (as i watch them)

1. Midnight Mass
2. The Haunting of Hill House
3. The Haunting of Bly Manor
4. The Fall of the House of Usher

ranking gibli films as i watch them

1. Howl's Moving Castle
2. Spirited Away
3. My Neighbor Totoro
4. Kiki's Delivery Service

my (controversial) ranking of star wars movies

1. Return of the Jedi
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. Star Wars
5. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
6. Solo: A Star Wars Story
7. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
8. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
9. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
10. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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sidney prescott #1 fan

1. Scream
2. Scream 2
3. Scream VI
4. Scream
5. Scream 3
6. Scream 4

sometimes you want the mean girl to step on you

• Tragedy Girls
• Mean Girls
• Bottoms

  controversial, i know. but it’s true

• Mean Girls
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Heathers
• Clueless
• Do Revenge
• The Craft

i women’s wrongs

• Black Widow
• Midsommar
• Lisa Frankenstein
• The Menu
• Pearl
• Promising Young Woman
• Jennifer's Body
• Teeth
• Batman & Robin
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

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