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  Drinking Buddies 2013

  ★★½ Watched 05 Jan 2025

  definitely a stretch to call this a comedy.. only amusing thing about this movie was I could snap my fingers and go “oh! oh!!” at the Chicago locations it was filmed at (and only because I live here). sickeningly boring and early 2010s hipster core

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  Dogville 2003

  ★★★★½ Watched 26 May 2022

  God I hate/love Lars von Trier. What a preposterous, infuriating, cathartic, stupid, genius film this was. That ending, combined with the ending credits, gave me so much sick satisfaction that I was dancing alone in my room for the entirety of the song. Having only seen Antichrist (which I didn’t care for) and Dancer in the Dark (which I LOVED), I was on the fence but now I think I gotta watch the rest of this nazi mf’s movies.

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  Synecdoche, New York 2008

  ★★★★½ Watched 03 May 2020

  Alright, this will be a long one for me. So, I consider myself to be a pretty optimistic person. I rarely let things get me down, but when my thoughts go to a dark place it’s usually when I allow myself to think about the rapid passage of time. The fact that everyone I love, especially my parents, will all inevitably get old and frail and lose the ability to do the things they enjoy, no matter how careful they…

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  Mother 2009

  ★★★★ Watched 28 Apr 2020

  This would be my first recommendation to anyone who enjoyed Parasite and is looking to watch more of Bong Joon Ho’s films. Amazing story that takes you on a ride, and Kim Hye-ja (the mother)’s performance is fantastic

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