Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 02 Feb 2025

  Just another reminder that subtitles can never truly capture a culture.

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  Black Swan 2010

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 18 Jan 2025

  Today’s Cinematrix made me realize this is the only 2005-2014 Winona movie I could think of so naturally I had to rewatch it.

Popular reviews

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  Maudie 2016

  ★★★★ Watched 30 Aug 2017 1

  I'm going to say it right off the bat: while Maudie was ultimately beautiful, watching it was still a sad experience. My biggest issue was the nature of Maud and Everett's relationship... It felt really uncomfortable watching how ridiculously abusive and disrespectful he was with her. I know that was pretty much their situation in real life too, but the difference is that the film eventually expects us to be okay with it.  

  It's a complicated subject, because arguably…

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  The King's Speech 2010

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 16 Sep 2017

  I'm so proud that Colin Firth won his long-deserved Oscar for a film in which "Fuck. Fuck! Fuck, fuck, fuck and fuck! Fuck, fuck and bugger! Bugger, bugger, buggerty buggerty buggerty, fuck, fuck, arse!" is one of his lines.

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