Aaron Poole

Aaron Poole

You might know me from that podcast, or that thing you read. You probably don't, though.

Favorite films

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Empire Records
  • Moneyball
  • Point Break

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  • The Crash

    ★★★

  • Ella McCay

    ★★½

  • Latte and the Magic Waterstone

    ★½

  • The Aristocats

    ★★★½

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The Crash
★★★ Watched

We literally have a boy go to the police and claim she "did a voodoo" on her boyfriend so she must have killed him. The witch trials are alive and well.

If you can put up with the blatant misogyny that permeates everyone in this documentary, at the heart of it is a simple conundrum. How much can you blame someone for an accident? How independent can someone be when they are 17? Because let's be real, teenagers are idiots.

Ella McCay
★★½ Watched

Such a bizarre film. Too whacky to be a good drama, too serious to be a good comedy. Half the cast is playing huge the other half is subtle. Has the presentation of a prestige rom-com but has more divorce than romance. Just a whacky, singular mess.

That said, I'm not mad at it. ELLA MCCAY is a cozy, chill film. A likeable lead, some great actors in small roles, shot beautifully, sweet vibes. If this was the old days…

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Take That: Look Back, Don't Stare
★★★★½ Liked Rewatched

A top tier warts-and-all look at the reunion of a boy band as 40 year old men. 15 years after their acrimonious split, Robbie Williams meets his old band mates on equal footing and they sort out their hard feelings.

You should be able to find this pretty easily for free on youtube and it's excellent for one very important reason: 5 grown men are unusually open and honest about their egos, their mistakes, and their need for love. It's wonderfully refreshing to see these lads be vulnerable.

Not a typical music fluff piece.

Suspiria
★★★★ Liked Watched

If you find interpretive dance creepy, this film is for you!

I haven't seen the original because, honestly, it just looked like soft-core porn. While there is still plenty of nudity in this remake, it's about as sexy as a trip to the dentist!

The post-war, pre-unification Berlin setting is stark, sad, and appropriate for this witches tale. There's a lot going on behind the curtain, not just in the plot but also in the themes. Survival, revolution, endurance, they're…