Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Substance 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 15 Dec 2024

  This movie has such overwhelming body horror that it made me nauseous even the next day but weirdly, it also feels like the most body positive movie I’ve seen in a while? It terrified me but it also made me feel seen. The way it captures self-hatred is both beautifully haunting and uncomfortably relatable.

  My boyfriend couldn’t handle the gore and stopped watching it halfway through, but oh well, men. ☕️

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  Mamma Mia! 2008

  ★★★★½ Watched 16 Dec 2024

  This movie is the reason to why I was in the 0,05 ABBA top Spotify listener. Meryl Streep is an actual goddess and this movie is like a vacation in movie form with ABBA bangers, mesmerizing views, and just enough chaos to keep it interesting. It made me miss my mom and also want to drop everything and move to a Greek island.

  Does the plot make sense? Nope. Do I care? Absolutely not. 10/10 comfort movie.

Popular reviews

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  Dune: Part Two 2024

  ½ Watched 27 Feb 2024 4

  I deeply resented the fetishization of Arabic and berber cultures. I cannot stress this enough but this movie reminded me how Muslims/Arabs have been beyond dehumanized, to the point that their culture is considered an aesthetic separate from them. That said, the story, as showcased in the movie, lacked completely a common thread and as a sci-fi junkie, I felt let down.

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  Woman of the Hour 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 01 Nov 2024

  10/10, could not recommend it enough

  The 2 most clever aspects of the movie are :
  1) The film takes no interest in the killer’s motivations or psyche beyond providing the menace its female characters have to navigate

  2) The movie takes no interest in indulging in the horrible things the killer/rapist did to these women. It leaves it implied, it leaves it up to the horror of your imagination instead of offering grotesque gore scenes that cater to psychopaths.…