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  Anora 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Mar 2025

  Superb performances all around, really intentional/well-executed pacing, stunning cinematography, and a genuinely wild adventure from start to finish. 

  But do I think Anora needed to use the f slur so much? Probs not lol now I need to go rewatch Zola!

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  O'Dessa 2025

  ★★★ Watched 26 Mar 2025

  I so wanted to like this more! 

  Unfortunately for someone who is trying to save the world with their music…their music is in fact, very mid lol I was genuinely struggling through some of the songs here! 

  That being said, I think the concept was still interesting and had some fun dystopian world building! It just was a little thin plot wise and didn’t really say much beyond angsty nostalgic YA movie with good vibes. 

  But I will say, I adore…

Popular reviews

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  An Update on Our Family 2025

  ★★ Watched 01 Feb 2025 1

  While I didn’t know much about this story outside of headlines a few years ago, I did find the first 2 episodes interesting because of the story alone. However, I think there’s a glaring lack of discussion on a few key points absolutely relevant to this story and some other odd choices:

  - the blatant white saviorism: the problematic dynamic of white folks going to other countries to “save” kids of color isn’t even mentioned!!! 
  - a larger critique of…

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  Control Freak 2025

  ★★★★½ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  This absolutely took me by surprise, but I LOVED this movie - if you get it, you get it!

  Thematically this movie is super stunning and the body horror is SO good and gross! I absolutely love when the horror genre can combine heavy themes like this - yes, it’s about generational trauma in Asian families and toxic wellness culture, but it’s also a very fun horror take on parasites and skin picking! And as someone with dermatillomania, this movie…

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