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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★★½ Watched 06 Mar 2025

  “Hey, Mickey… What’s it feel like to die?”

  To no surprise, Bong Joon-Ho delivers another excellent film deeply rooted in his critique of social structures and class inequality. While not quite as captivating as “Parasite”, Bong Joon-Ho’s newest sci-fi dark comedy brilliantly explores heavy-handed topics such as imperialism, unlawful colonization, and an ethical debate towards the value of life itself. 

  Mickey 17 poses the question “is one life inherently more valuable than another?”, using that as an anchor for Mickey’s…

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  Zack Snyder's Justice League 2021

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 28 Feb 2025

  “Make your own future. Make your own past.”

  As much as I dislike the first two movies in Snyder’s DC “trilogy”, I still find myself loving this movie the more I rewatch it. The characters strike a perfect balance between larger-than-life gods and grounded, caring individuals in a way the other movies weren’t able to achieve. The action is right and fluid, the cinematography is some of the best in Snyder’s career, and the reversing time sequence is still one…

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  Barbie 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 20 Aug 2023

  Liked: Cinematography, acting, humor, direction, set design, writing, music (at times)

  Disliked: Strange pacing at times, constant reminder of the message

  Favorite scene: Barbie and the old woman/I'm Just Ken

  Review: Greta Gerwig proves time and time again that she deserves to be in the contenders of best modern directors yet again with this film, an intricately-made comedy that will surely be looked upon many years from now as an all-time classic.

  Through the excellent set design of Barbieland, to…

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  Black Mirror: Shut Up and Dance 2016

  ★★★★½ Watched 05 Jul 2023

  Liked: Acting, plot, musical choice/score, ominous cinematography

  Disliked: Nothing

  Favorite scene: Ending

  Overall thoughts: A masterfully-crafted episode that makes its way on the top Black Mirror rankings. Rewatching this a second time will give you an even better experience

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