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Favorite films

  • Midnight in Paris
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • Your Name.
  • Parasite

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  • The Electric State

    ★★½

  • Don't Breathe

    ★★★★

  • Black Bag

    ★★★½

  • Just Cause

    ★★★

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  • A Beautiful Planet

    A Beautiful Planet

    ★★★½

    Beautifully made for 3D, and solid narration from J-Law. 

    Definitely a treat with those Earth shots, but suffered when it became overtly preachy with the global warming angle.

  • Wonderstruck

    Wonderstruck

    ★★★

    Longing for the days when movies would be well lit, even during the night scenes - I had all the curtains closed and still struggled to see 40% of this movie. 

    Occasionally felt like a slog to get through, but the overall themes are nice and the ending will stick with you. Cliché but that isn’t always a bad thing

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  • Jurassic Park

    Jurassic Park

    ★★★★½

    “life finds a way…”

    another spielberg classic, in the same vein of ET in bringing out the inner child - I won’t even lie, I shed tears whenever I watch the scene where Grant/Sattler see the dinosaurs for the first time 

    so many things are done well here - the “can we VS should we” debate, the pitfalls of capitalism, the personal character growths such as Grant v Children etc…

    and as always, john williams delivers brilliantly with the score. the CGI is also decent considering the time it came out. overall - a near perfect adventure flick

  • Midnight in Paris

    Midnight in Paris

    ★★★★★

    ”that’s what the present is… it’s a little unsatisfying because life is unsatisfying”

    Still my favourite movie of all time. I have never related to a character as much as Gil Pender, and I’ve never seen a director do a better job at immersing the audience in a setting.

    Everything from the music, the visuals, the set design, the costumes…all 10/10. The casting was perfect, and the writing (as always from Woody Allen) was beautiful. 

    And finally, the film’s ending…