Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Sanctuary 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 11 Mar 2025

  only watched for the cinematography i promise... but I did genuinely love the tension that the shifting power dynamics and the confusion created, and the colors truly are beautiful. interesting camerawork throughout too, and god i do love that ending (again only for the cinematography i swear)

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  The Manchurian Candidate 1962

  ★★★ Watched 05 Mar 2025

  funny how this film presupposes that for american political actors to act in russia's favor they would first have to be bribed or brainwashed. i love escapism in movies!

Popular reviews

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  Anastasia: Once Upon a Time 2020

  ★½ Watched 27 May 2020 3

  they filmed the whole halloween party scene at my grandfather's house and one of the shots was wide enough to see a picture of me and my sister so this is technically my first feature length film and i'm quite proud of that

  anyway this movie sucks ass

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  Elvis 2022

  ½ Watched 23 Mar 2023 4

  I've never given a movie half a star before. The idea of doing so has always felt, to me, like declaring that a movie has absolutely no redeeming qualities, not even small ones. How can any picture, however vile, repugnant, and tasteless, ever accomplish this feat?

  One could very easily argue that Elvis has at least one saving grace, one redeeming quality, and that's Austin Butler's immersive and career-making performance as the titular star. In a movie where I'm constantly…