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Recent reviews

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  Past Lives 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 25 Mar 2025

  “if you leave something behind, you’ll gain something too”. 

  I want to preface this by sharing something very personal, though it isn’t the main focus of my review. I held off on watching this movie for a year because I thought it would remind me of my recent relationship, but it didn’t. We broke up, but I haven’t felt hurt over it for a while now. This movie broke me, but not for that reason. it actually gave me closure from…

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  Magnolia 1999

  ★★★★★ Watched 23 Mar 2025 1

  i need an alprazolam prescription

  i tried so hard not to cry during claudia’s date. i understood exactly how she felt.

Popular reviews

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  Melancholia 2011

  ★★★★★ Watched 18 Mar 2025 1

  I can’t think of any other movie that evoked such a strong, visceral feeling that almost made me nauseous. This movie shows exactly what it’s like dealing with depression — the anhedonia, catatonia, all the ‘ugly’ side effects.  it was so personal that I cried at the ending. Some scenes were a bit too intense, to the point where I had to take breaks. 

  The planet Melancholia’s gradual collision towards earth shows what it’s like to succumb to a depressive…

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025 1

  This is my first Bong Joon Ho movie. My friend had told me about the black comedy and tone shifts, which I found charming. Robert Pattinson is such a phenomenal actor.. seriously. The casting was great, but his performance as Mickey was natural. 

  I liked the satirical nature of the movie, and how the consequences of capitalism (literally giving up your dignity and dying for it) were presented.. although I felt like the exposition was kind of drawn out. 

  Mickey…

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