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Recent reviews

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  Alien: Romulus 2024

  ★★★½ Rewatched 10 Mar 2025

  fell asleep halfway through but still a great movie

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  Conclave 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  Watched this on a connecting flight back home. Ralph Fiennes ate his role up (as always). It was also nice to see Stanley Tucci in a more serious, dramatic role rather than his usual comedic ones (I’ve only watched The Devil Wears Prada). The cinematography and still shots were also amazing. I also really appreciated the use of art throughout the movie as well as the color grading to highlight the emotions and thoughts of each character. There’s something about…

Popular reviews

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  My Brother's Wedding 1983

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Feb 2025

  This movie was fantastic! I’ve been wanting to watch it for a little while, and I’m happy I finally got the chance. The color scheme, the jewelry, and the overall cinematography are gorgeous. I wish I had discovered Charles Burnett earlier. I’m aiming to watch every Spike Lee and Charles Burnett movie so that I can properly explain why Burnett is better than him…but I digress. The focus on family life, community, and religion was also a nice touch. Some of…

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  The Virgin Suicides 1999

  ★★½ Watched 29 Jan 2025

  I know people rave about this movie, but it would be 10 times better if Sofia Coppola had written it from the POV of the sisters. I say that because, while I understand the story was written from the boys' perspective, they didn’t really give us any deep insights about the Lisbon sisters. I found the boys to be quite boring and stale throughout the movie… just placeholders for an already cliche storyline. It would’ve been nice to see a…

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