Ali A.

Ali A.

Favorite films

  • Signs
  • Rear Window
  • Into the Inferno
  • How About Adolf?

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  • Novocaine

    ★★★½

  • Mickey 17

  • Companion

    ★★★

  • Plane

    ★★

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Polytechnique

    Polytechnique

    Today is the 35th anniversary of Ecole de polytechnique massacre. This was my first sighting of the movie, and Villeneuve's attempt to showcase the bloody event in his sophomore long movie is decent.

    Not an easy watch. It's interesting that the movie focuses on different characters' experiences during the movie, but I wish the women of the event had more voice. Although with the short run time of the movie would've been difficult to do so, to be fair. and…

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  • The Wild Robot

    The Wild Robot

    ★★★★★

    Congratulations, you teared me up.

    I really enjoyed watching this piece. Maybe the plot or nature of the story is familiar: an alien/different being becomes part of a family or community. It's a story that never gets old, and I love hearing any of its kind. Wild Robot has a lot to offer I think. good humor, mother/child relationship, fitting in new society/places, nature/human vs. technology, capitalism and human greed, friendship, and platonic love etc. I hadn't cried with a…

  • The Equalizer 3

    The Equalizer 3

    ★★½

    Still a good action/thriller and any scene with Denzel in it is a joy to watch, but I liked the precursors better. Small town Italy wasn’t it for Equalizer i feel.