Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  I'm Still Here 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 11 Mar 2025

  A mother's strength knows no bounds.

  Fernanda Torres delivers a poignant performance as Eunice Paiva, a mother navigating the horrors of a military dictatorship while desperately searching for her missing husband and protecting her children. Her performance shines not on the emotions that she shows, but on the emotions she tries to suppress and hide.

  Coming from a country that also endured a military dictatorship in the late 70s, the Paiva family's suffering felt painfully familiar yet universally resonant.

  At…

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  Children of Heaven 1997

  ★★★★½ Watched 04 Mar 2025

  Children are far more insightful and smarter than we often give them credit for.

  At its core, it is a coming-of-age story seen through the eyes of a child who understands far more than the world expects him to.

  Oh, to be a child again.

Popular reviews

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  Katips 2021

  ★★½ Watched 03 Aug 2022

  The Lin Manuel Miranda-fication of Atty. Vince Tanada

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  Expensive Candy 2022

  ★ Added

  For a movie about sex work, it did not provide any insight into sex work.