brandon a. lee

brandon a. lee

Favorite films

  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • Nine Days
  • Paddington 2

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  • Anora

    ★★★½

  • Squid Game

    ★★★★

  • Death and Ramen

    ★★★

  • The Acolyte

    ★★½

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  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★★½

    Not a hater, and I support Sean Baker and adore Mikey Madison, but we both know that this didn't deserve at least one of the five Oscars it won.

    It does what it's meant to: positively representing sex workers and portraying real, human characters. Gen Z is captured pretty accurately and a broad range of tones are cleverly established, like with Ani’s sudden wardrobe change as she takes the train back home. Thanks for not making the sex scenes longer…

  • Squid Game

    Squid Game

    ★★★★

    Once again, it's hard to find big flaws. I’m glad that the second season was worth waiting three years for and that it makes distinct narrative decisions to avoid being a duplicate of the first.

    Whether he actually has PTSD or not, Dae-ho hate is so forced. The same applies to nearly every other character. I enjoyed that a slew of characters were introduced this season, possibly more than twice than the first. The loan shark that survived the game…

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  • Entergalactic

    Entergalactic

    ★★★★

    Gorgeous animation and a unique, lofty approach to storytelling that benefits and ends up being worthwhile. Entergalactic proves to be a modern love story done right, with tropes recycled in inventive ways while showcasing the vibrant personalities of millennials in New York through its inviting dialogue and voice acting. Unable to not remind viewers of the spectacular animation film "Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse", Entergalactic attempts and succeeds to replicate such feelings and reactions when telling another animated story in New…

  • X-Men: Days of Future Past

    X-Men: Days of Future Past

    ★★★★

    Mild Inception vibes.