hugomwong

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only in theaters (mostly)
favorites are my top screenings from last month

Favorite films

  • Tampopo
  • Moonlight
  • Make Way for Tomorrow
  • Before Midnight

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  • Novocaine

    ★★★

  • PlayTime

    ★★★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★½

  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    ★★★★

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  • What's Up, Doc?

    What's Up, Doc?

    ★★★★½

    This screening marks the end of my first Summer Classic Film Series at the Paramount Theatre! (my face hurts from laughing so much 😂)

    A year ago, I didn't care much about where I watched movies. Why go through the hassle of getting in your car, driving to a theater, and spending your hard-earned money just to watch a movie with potentially inconsiderate assholes when you could relax on your own sofa, eat and drink whatever you want, and pause…

  • Interstellar

    Interstellar

    ★★★★★

    Sometimes I get the vibe that people in the film community slightly judge people for saying Interstellar is their favorite movie of all time. Lowkey the pretentious movie snob in me felt like that sometimes..

    But this experience was, no exaggeration.. life changing. This sounds incredibly stupid, but the most GIGANTIC screen I’ve seen, consuming my entire field of view, fully immersing me in a way never before, was so incredibly overwhelming it brought me to tears. I was tearing…

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  • Novocaine

    Novocaine

    ★★★

    Fun :)

  • PlayTime

    PlayTime

    ★★★★★

    Overstimulated by the most awesome production design. This is cinema.

    How a movie like this is conceived and actually made?? I will never know or understand. A behind the scenes of the restaurant sequence would warrant a film within itself…

    I’m a big advocate for the theater, so I will always say that every movie is heightened when viewed on the big screen. But I do not exaggerate when I say that THIS movie will be a completely different experience in theaters compared to a measly laptop or tablet. I guarantee that.

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  • My Neighbor Totoro

    My Neighbor Totoro

    ★★★★★

    The biggest bundle of joy :)

  • Moonlight

    Moonlight

    ★★★★★

    You think you’ve seen vulnerability in motion picture, until you’ve seen this one…