Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 09 Jul 2023

  Finally saw this in a theater and I’m positive I could write an entire essay on my thoughts but I’ll attempt to keep it brief here. I think what always strikes me most about this film is something that Miyazaki has harped on from the beginning: Details Matter.

  Whether it’s the slow zooms on Yupa’s face when he’s considering a decision, the subtle way Nausicaä tilts her body while on the glider, or the tiny sounds of Mehve taking off;…

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  Arrival 2016

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 06 Sep 2023

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

Recent reviews

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  Assassin's Creed 2016

  ★½ Rewatched 11 Mar 2025

  *sigh*

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  Flow 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 01 Mar 2025

  Please let the animation world make more of this!! You know Pixar has gone out sad when this is 100x better than anything they’ve put out in years

Popular reviews

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  Challengers 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 26 Apr 2024

  The last half of this pulls out an insane new camera angle like every 30 seconds, Guadagnino and his DP were unhinged in the best possible way. I’m also a sucker for an overpowering soundtrack and OH MY GOD, they made full use of Reznor’s techno-rock anthems.

  Can’t believe how good this was from top to bottom - Zendaya might have the star power juice after all.

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  Mean Girls 2024

  ★★ Watched 12 Jan 2024 1

  I’m not sure we needed a Gen Z-centric remake of this, especially one that is seemingly too afraid to fully commit to being a musical. The amount of times that a song would cut into a scene to explain what we just watched drove me crazy. 

  My brother played some of the Broadway cast recordings on the way home and the difference is night and day. The songs are clearly meant to deliver the plot themselves, not be tacked onto…