Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Parasite 2019

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 19 Mar 2025

  Still holds up. Richly rewarding and thought-provoking

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  Paatal Lok 2020

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 04 Mar 2025

  Season 2 review:

  Paatal Lok returns after 5 long years and the wait is definitely worth it. Hathiram is investigating the disappearance of a wedding band member while Ansari (promoted to ACP) is investigating the murder of a prominent political leader. Both these cases inevitably intertwine and take us into picturesque Nagaland. 

  Crisply written and beautifully directed, Paatal Lok season 2 is bolder than season 1. It is thematically complex with a plethora of twists and turns. The performances are…

Popular reviews

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  Ravenous 1999

  ★★★★½ Watched 12 Jun 2021

  A cowardly captain in the US Army finds himself facing a cannibal with a plan. Filled with gruesome gore and pitch black humor aided by a whimsical score, this would make for a brilliant double feature with Bone Tomahawk. Guy Pearce makes for a great atypical protagonist like he was in LA Confidential and Robert Carlyle chews scenery (among other things) in a delightful turn. If you are unsure about what movie to watch, you cannot get much more enjoyable than this.

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  Malignant 2021

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Sep 2021

  Malignant is what would have happened if Dario Argento was still having his mojo in the 21st century. Much like the Italian movies from the 70s and 80s, the movie has an absurd, over-the-top premise which falls apart on examination but the director is completely under control and his style elevates the movie above the material. The actors also take the proceedings seriously and do not act like they are mocking it. Before Wan made the Conjuring movies, he also…