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  Nope 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 05 Mar 2025

  we don't really have a classic alien invasion story from around this current age, so i love that this exists and i immediately filed it into my mental filing cabinet of best alien movies.

  there are some scares in here that felt reminiscent of us (2019), and it was really neat to spot that quintessential jordan peele style of directing. the fake-out with jupe's kids in the barn was particularly horrifying and well done, and solidified to me that peele…

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  Black Widow 2021

  ★★★ Watched 27 Feb 2025

  i was entertained and fan-serviced as a big natasha supremacist, but i do wish this movie came out a decade earlier and had a different plot.

  we really did need a backstory movie for our girl. i know the training and abuse the widows suffer as little girls would be a rather bleak and dark topic to focus in on for a marvel film, but the way they skirt around the issue here feels neglectful. the opening credits of this,…

Popular reviews

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  City of the Rising Sun 1999

  ★★★★★ Watched 19 Jan 2025 2

  going into this i was not aware that i was going to cry like a baby. 

  one of the most beautiful films i have ever seen, which is impressive for a movie about a failed boxer and a sleazeball that i had to watch a rip of on youtube because its not streaming anywhere.

  first of all, visually stunning. not just the great cinematography, but the costuming as well. apparently 90’s korean fashion is a beast of a storyteller when…

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  In a Violent Nature 2024

  ★★ Watched 02 Jun 2024

  the skinamarink of slasher films