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Favorite films

  • Blade Runner
  • Grave of the Fireflies
  • Memories of Murder
  • Ocean's Twelve

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  • Flow

    ★★★★

  • The Electric State

  • The Beekeeper

    ★★

  • Carry-On

    ★★★½

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  • Flow

    Flow

    ★★★★

    Flow's story is told primarily through its constantly changing environment, as we explore this apocalyptic setting with a cast of animals that don't ever talk during the film. Yet, even without the dialogue, every animal is able to harness so much character and convey so much emotion.

    The score is incredible and really moved me during the crescendos of the film. I love the found family trope (it's one I've always been a sucker for) and I love cats so I was probably always going to like this one.

  • The Electric State

    The Electric State

    Another colossal waste of money from Netflix and the Russo Brothers and it's infuriating to know that this project got the go-ahead but Mindhunters Season 3 didn't. Every aspect of this movie is just so nonsensical that it's scarcely believable that this wasn't some elaborate money laundering scheme instead of a genuine film.

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★

    The Substance features some very heavy themes, taking aim at Hollywood's beauty standards for women while also at times toying with the fourth wall to attack the audiences' gaze as well.

    Fargeat has constructed a very tightly focused and stylistic world. Both Margaret Qualley and Demi Moore deliver some brave performances that are captivating. The revolting visual effects (that have become a main talking point) are also incredible.

    However, I felt the cohesion in this movie was at times missing…

  • Dune

    Dune

    ★★★★½

    "Dune part one is the perfect introduction to the world of Arrakis" - Pabzilla

    And he was absolutely correct! Dune One, presents this incredibly intricate and complex world (that I personally had never had no experience with having not watched the original series or read the book), and makes it so easily digestible with it's perfect pacing.

    Other highlights include the films expertise at portraying scale (often through cinematography and a very grand score), and of course an all star…

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