Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005

  ★★★½ Rewatched 10 Jan 2025

  This rewatch is concurrently making me appreciate this series more in certain ways, but also exposing a lot of its flaws - like how Ron and Hermione are really not substantial characters at all.

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★½ Watched 30 Dec 2024

  Eggers is a solid comedy director, but I don’t think he knows that.

Popular reviews

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  Minari 2020

  ★★★★★ Watched 02 Jan 2021

  This movie is especially hard hitting for me as a child of immigrants. Although we aren’t from Korea, I noticed how relevant this story was to all blue-collar immigrant families. From the father chasing the American dream, only to be exposed to it’s realities (failing marriage, debt, bad deals), the disconnect between two cultures (David and his parents/grandma), and the seeking of religion as a refuge along with it’s implications - this is pretty much an all encompassing story that…

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  Tenet 2020

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Aug 2020 4

  Only Christopher Nolan can make me risk visiting a theatre during a worldwide pandemic.
  This movie signals a return back to normalcy, and gives some hope for the theatre industry.
  Because of this, it was almost a surreal experience watching this movie. Getting to see Nolan attempt something completely new with the inversion mechanics, and being able to witness this in 70mm IMAX, it was the perfect way to return to the big screen.

  The plot overall is pretty easy…