Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Moana 2016

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  This was actually pretty decent. There's focus on Moana and the central myth that's very welcome and Johnson's Maui didn't annoyingly pester himself through, a nice complement, and shld I say the best The Rock performance since I dunno Pain & Gain.

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  Abigail 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Imagine if the mktg held out on that premise. But there's still a lot of campy splatterfest fun to be had. Alisha Weir's future as a scream queen is sealed.

Popular reviews

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  Green Bones 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 26 Dec 2024

  Builds an earnest, even if sentimental, case for restorative, rehabilitative justice. Not just within the prison/correctional section (Dom), but starting from the pedagogical (Xavier), to really reform a rotten system. Not a fan of its saccharine score and some tourist-y montage-y edits at the start (too much drone shots as well). Could use a little restraint but Dennis and Ruru bring their A game to characters that are nicely written, each mirroring the hopefulness needed to effect change.

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  Fan Girl 2020

  ★★½ Watched 01 Jan 2021

  A friend talked to me about his interpretation of the film after I told him I finally got to see it and his theory, I'm starting to realize, is much more interesting had the film gone that way, given the fiction-reality dichotomy, its crossing into surreal territory. It didn't cross my mind while watching the film but the plausibility of his proposition will only make sense if the screenplay and direction went for it. An interesting diversion for Jadaone, sure,…