charlie groll.

Movie Journal

One Battle After Another (2025)
★★★★★

Feb 07, 2026
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Just as enthralling on second watch. Every minute.
Since I first watched this, the government tyranny has grown and grown and grown…
Vive la révolution!

Hamnet (2025)
★★★★★

Feb 05, 2026
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Absolutely jaw dropping performances, especially from Jessie Buckley. And, surprisingly, from our little titular boy, Hamnet??? Gorgeous everything, from the setting to the camera work and everything in between… 
I didn’t mean to gloss over it — Jessie Buckley better win best actress for this or so help me…

Black Narcissus (1947)
★★★ ½

Feb 03, 2026
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Gorgeous and moody. Do the Himalayas really make you that horny?

Paris, Texas (1984)
★★★★ ½

Feb 01, 2026
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May none of us ever feel that kind of hurt.
May every one of us experience the level of beauty from each shot of this movie.

Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
★★★

Jan 28, 2026
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I had fun and it was pretty, so I guess that’s all that really matters.

Superman (2025)
★★★★

Jan 26, 2026
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Well that was way better than I anticipated. A genuinely good super hero movie? A novel take on century-old IP while still staying true to the source? Good camera work??? I’ll be seeing the next one from Gunn, that’s for sure.

Skyscraper Live (2026)

½

Jan 24, 2026
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Butthole puckered for an hour and a half

Free Solo (2018)
★★★★

Jan 23, 2026
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Watched on Friday January 23, 2026.

Train Dreams (2025)
★★★★★

Jan 18, 2026
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Absolutely stunning

No Other Choice (2025)
★★★★

Jan 18, 2026
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A fun time looking at bleak times. Park gives us a visually beautiful view of late-stage capitalism with his own unique style that builds on the classically Korean, genre-shifting filmmaking style that I’ve come to really adore.
Anti-capitalism is hot right now and I’m here for it.