Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Yakuza: Like a Dragon 2007

  ★★★★ Rewatched 18 Mar 2025

  Ridiculous and confusing, can’t imagine anyone that hasn’t played the games could follow along with the story. Having previously played the game this was based on 3 times, even I struggled due to the lack of explanation, leaving out key details, or Miike including his own original ideas to the script including a couple going on a crime spree and a bank robbery plot that seems to go nowhere. While these may all seem like bad things, I’m a sucker…

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  April Story 1998

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 18 Mar 2025

  The scene with her trying to help the movers but just getting in the way, assuming they’re getting upset and/or mad at her but sending her off with a smile and handing her a chair they think she likes perfectly encapsulates this movie I think. No one is filled with malicious intent, it’s all about our viewpoint. Very sweet movie.

Popular reviews

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  The Substance 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 18 Aug 2024

  [NZIFF 10/10]

  They in fact didn’t work it out in the remix

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  Deadpool & Wolverine 2024

  ★★ Watched 24 Jul 2024

  Kinda conflicted, because I did have fun but like wow it also just kinda sucks, I think most of the jokes that weren’t referential were just a hit and a miss with me and some of the stuff you expect to pay off just doesn’t. Or maybe I’m just not the target demographic anymore, either way I think I’m finally over mcu movies.