CineKiwi

CineKiwi

Favorite films

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

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  • Mehua

    ★★★½

  • Let the Right One In

    ★★★★

  • Blade Runner

    ★★★★½

  • The Shining

    ★★★★★

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  • Mehua

    Mehua

    ★★★½

    Brilliantly flat and geometric, yet emotionally evocative animation perfect for telling this story of love and the will to survive in the face of religious cruelty.

  • Let the Right One In

    Let the Right One In

    ★★★★

    Lonely and full of bittersweet heartwarming moments… not the typical “horror” film.

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  • Dream Scenario

    Dream Scenario

    ★★★★

    Very weird and very surreal. An interesting story of a man who realizes too late he has been absent from his own life for far too long.

  • Blade Runner

    Blade Runner

    ★★★★½

    Originally a 5 star movie for me. But on this rewatch, I couldn’t help but feel very discomforted by the problematic romance. That rapey kiss scene really colors Deckard and Rachel’s relationship with a coercive and misogynistic tone for the rest of the film. Also, to say the film’s depiction of Asian people is “dated” and stereotyped would be an understatement.

    Despite this, I think the philosophy, visual world building, pacing, score, and set/costume design of Blade Runner are sublime.…

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