Jesse Botha

Jesse Botha

Favorite films

  • No Country for Old Men
  • The Master
  • Alien
  • Ocean's Eleven

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  • The Domestic

    ★★

  • The Mexican

    ★★★★

  • Alien: Romulus

    ★★★★

  • Kingsman: The Secret Service

    ★★★½

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  • The Domestic

    The Domestic

    ★★

    This film is whack. Like if Ari Aster was South African and made Parasite. That shot of the ancestors straight POSING was hard as balls though, man.

  • Alien: Romulus

    Alien: Romulus

    ★★★★

    CGI Ian Holm was... a choice. It's not quite the perfect organism I was hoping for, but it is the best A L I E N film since the second movie.

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  • Sex House

    Sex House

    ★★★★★

    "I don't know much about amphibian husbandry, but I'll learn :')

  • Blue Is the Warmest Color

    Blue Is the Warmest Color

    The fact that most of the overwhelmingly positive reviews were written by straight men should tell you everything you need to know. This movie's only saving grace is the power of its two leads.

    Also, being directed by a straight man, there was bound to be at least one "racy" sex scene - in fact, there are several, and all of them feel gratuitous and strangely out of place. The camera lingers just a little too long for it to…