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  Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak 1988

  Watched 17 Mar 2025

  A great picture, tows such a unique balance between intense melodrama and just pretty sweet interpersonal moments

  An incredible opening

  Songs are pretty much all bangers they feel so ubiquitous today

  Aamir and Juhi are both very beautiful and have teriffic performances in this. I liked Dalip Tahil too despite a pretty monotone performance (not a bad thing? up for debate)

  Really drags in the second half as many 3 hour movies with intermissions do yk, but it comes together…

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  Superboys of Malegaon 2024

  Watched 01 Mar 2025

  Wonderful picture

  Haven't seen the doc though, so all this was new info for me

  Very well shot and directed, really thoughtfully put together

  I am stoked to see Adarsh Gourav come up in the world I think he's great

  Only gripe is I wish they picked a different font for the English title cards. And perhaps denouement-ed the plotlines for the main girls of the story

  Otherwise a lovely time at the cinema w the fam. Cried so so much towards the end

Popular reviews

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  Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023

  Watched 02 Jun 2023 1

  I adore the first Spider-Verse film ofc bc it was so innovative and fun and inspiring

  But within the context of seeing this, ITSV it feels like it was, and always has been, a set-up movie.

  Which is an inarticulable feeling I’ve always had, and perhaps why ITSV didn’t stick as hard with me as I felt like it did with everyone else?

  Not to say, once again, that I don’t absolutely adore that movie, but I mby felt like…

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  Barbie 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Jul 2023

  Actually peak cinema

  It is an admittedly formulaic screenplay, but I think it very intentionally does the hero’s journey to a “t.” And even still it has so many fun and entertaining and unique ideas!!!

  Honestly it is a really incredibly written film. Was laughing really hard throughout, and somehow the film managed to go from its funniest scenes to its most emotional within seconds. I had moments of guffawing and then being on the verge of tears within the…