Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Mirror Mirror 2012

  ★★★½ Watched 14 Mar 2025

  I don’t know if this 100% works, but what it’s trying to do is so charming that I’m inclined to go with it!

  The dynamic between Snow and the dwarves is such a funny, sweet highlight, and it’s crazy how much the Disney live action remake waffled over something this movie nails so effortlessly.

  Also, ending with a Bollywood dance number is a stroke of genius.

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  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937

  ★★★★ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  A true Rosetta Stone for every Disney animated film that followed, featuring some of the best cape animation in the business. 

  Also, I’m fascinated by how the movie’s actual terminology (“love’s first kiss”) got transmuted to “true love’s kiss” over the years.

  Read my full thoughts in entry #1 of my Princess Diaries series

Popular reviews

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  The Mummy Returns 2001

  ★★★ Watched 20 Jul 2021 1

  Making Evelyn and Rick a happily married couple instead of splitting them up to retread the arc of the first movie is the single greatest decision any sequel has ever made.

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  Anora 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 10 Dec 2024

  Loved the first half, but the second relies on Ani being both naive and confrontational in a way that didn’t jibe with her initial characterization to me. No way in hell she doesn’t *immediately* spot that her position hinges way more on Vanya’s parents than on Vanya himself!

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