Favorite films

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 09 Feb 2025

  This film is everything I hoped it would be—dark, atmospheric, and dripping with gothic dread. Bill Skarsgård absolutely kills it as Count Orlok, balancing grotesque horror with this weird, tragic magnetism. The visuals? Stunning. Every frame feels like a painting, with shadows and light doing half the storytelling. And Willem Dafoe as the occultist? Chef’s kiss. 

  But... let’s talk about Lily-Rose Depp a bit. Look, I get that Ellen is supposed to be tormented and emotionally intense, but her performance…

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  Alien: Romulus 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 09 Feb 2025

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

Popular reviews

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  Fire and Ice 1983

  ★★★★ Rewatched 24 Jan 2025

  So, I recently rewatched Fire and Ice—the classic 1983 animated fantasy film teaming up two legends: Frank Frazetta’s dazzling visual style and Ralph Bakshi’s bold, gritty storytelling. It's as close as you'll get to animated Sword & Sorcery, or getting lost in a fever dream filled with brutal barbarians, impossibly gorgeous princesses, and prehistoric landscapes that just scream epic.

  First off, we need to talk about the visuals. The rotoscoping technique is honestly fascinating—it’s not perfect, but that roughness works in…

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  The Golden Child 1986

  ★★★½ Rewatched 09 Sep 2024

  In the heyday of 80s cinema, where Eddie Murphy reigned supreme, "The Golden Child" was a peculiar blend of fantasy, action, and comedy that only this decade could produce. Directed by Michael Ritchie, this film takes us on a mystical journey with Chandler Jarrell (Murphy), a Los Angeles social worker who specializes in finding missing children. But this isn't just any case; Chandler is informed that he is "The Chosen One," destined to save a kidnapped Tibetan boy with mystical…