Eli

Eli

Favorite films

  • Magnolia
  • Gattaca
  • Miller's Crossing
  • The Terminator

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  • Ready Player One

    ★★★½

  • Phoenix

    ★★★½

  • Tau

    ★★★½

  • Red Sparrow

    ★★★

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  • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

    Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

    ★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Frances Ha

    Frances Ha

    ★★½

    Every film I see that takes place in New York City makes me want to visit that world, yet every film I see that takes place in New York City makes me want to avoid all of the people in that city.

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  • Ghost World

    Ghost World

    ★★★★½

    "I can't relate to 99% of humanity."
    If you've never felt this way, then this probably isn't the movie for you. Thora Birch's Enid is spiteful of everyone she encounters except her small group of close friends. Scarlett Johansson's Rebecca at first seems just as cynical towards the world, but really she just seems to go with the flow and in the beginning she is only around Enid. As Rebecca gets a job and apartment, Enid moves on to Steve…

  • Kick-Ass

    Kick-Ass

    ★★★★½

    As many times as I've seen this, it's always just as entertaining as the first time. The music especially makes this story. The score swells up, hooking you into the story and the pop music cracks you up and plays perfectly into the scenes. From Aaron Johnson's naive Kick-Ass to Nicolas Cage's over the top Big Daddy and his murderous heroine of a daughter Hit-Girl, the characters just seemed to blend together well to tell the story without ever having…