Gabriel Ponniah

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Favorite films

  • Network
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Malcolm X
  • Good Night, and Good Luck.

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  • Hot Rod

    ★★★★

  • Contagion

    ★★★★

  • Children of Men

    ★★★★½

  • The Social Network

    ★★★★★

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  • Hot Rod

    Hot Rod

    ★★★★

    I BEEN DRINKIN GREEN TEA ALL GODDAMN DAY

  • Contagion

    Contagion

    ★★★★

    I’ve seen this movie three times: first in 2016, then in spring of 2020 (naturally), and now half a decade later in 2025. With the fullest perspective, I can now say that for all it gets presciently correct (the mention of “social distancing” and “…we lose spring, we lose summer…” made me wince), what it gets incorrect is owing entirely to the death rate. Everything else: the seriousness with which both state and public alike take the illness, the looting,…

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  • Róise & Frank

    Róise & Frank

    ★★★

    Air Bud: Hurling Hound

  • The Wages of Fear

    The Wages of Fear

    ★★★★

    In-flight entertainment, leg 2, part 3

    Takes about an hour to shift into gear but it sure runs hot after that. Watched this because of Danny Boyle via the Blank Check boys and I can definitely see what he saw in it for Sunshine. I still have some tonal gripes for a movie that hinges so much on that area, but those feel like lingering immature instincts on my part. Plus now this frees me up to check out Sorcerer.