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Recent reviews

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  Companion 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 27 Feb 2025

  It's only February and I've already seen a movie that's thrilling, clever and fun?! Please let this be a sign of a good year for film.

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★ Watched 01 Jan 2025

  The Brutalist seems to follow the most disappointing trend I've noticed in films released in 2024: ambitious stories bolstered by stunning cinematography, solid acting, and immersive sound design, only to be hampered by weak narratives and a lack of emotional depth.

  While divisive, I was a fan of Corbet's Vox Lux, another ambitious three-parter that mostly succeeds, if not for (again) baffling narrative choices that bring down momentum and lessen its impact.

  Those issues are also present here, but I…

Popular reviews

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  Await Further Instructions 2018

  ★★★ Watched 06 Oct 2018 1

  This is hard to rate because on one hand it's got some really cool ideas, an intent to satirize the media and toxic masculinity and a memorable, Twilight Zone/Black Mirror style ending. But on the other hand, it could've used some subtlety. Dialogue is on the nose, characters are insufferable, even if that was the intention. So if you can get past those faults and the kind of lame first act, you're in for real surprise if you're a horror/Sci-Fi fan.

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  The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2012

  ★★★★½ Watched 02 Apr 2013 6

  When the credits started rolling I had mixed feelings. Not because I doubted how much I liked the film, but because it hit close to home. The fact that I saw myself in the characters elevated the experience to another level and I haven't watched something that made me feel this way in a while. It showed that contentment has a lot of facets and even though we can make it happen for someone else, the only one that'll keep us alive is our inner happiness.