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  • Green Border

    ★★★★

  • Wings of Desire

  • Red Planet

    ★★

  • Perfect Days

    ★★★★★

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  • Green Border

    Green Border

    ★★★★

    I was a bit cynical going into this, thinking it would be 2 and half hours of slow burn misery porn following a single family’s journey. It sure was pretty miserable but I actually found it really engaging throughout. As the film explored many perspectives surrounding the asylum seekers on the Belarusian-Poland border: 

    Not just the horrors and mindless cruelty of the asylum seekers but the activists and their approaches, disputes, successes and failures. As well as the story of…

  • Red Planet

    Red Planet

    ★★

    “I really hate this planet” - Val Kilmer

    If someone could show me a more 2000s sci fi movie I would be surprised. This thing is sooo goofy and also not very good. Can’t really seem to decide if it wants to be something silly and quippy or a serious drama sci-fi mystery thing. Either way it would fail at both.

    However if you want an incredibly stupid movie that’s a time capsule of the stereotypes of its era than I would recommend.

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  • Perfect Days

    Perfect Days

    ★★★★★

    Second watch. Still cannot think of any piece of media that so successfully conveys such a simple joy of living. Of existing.

  • Good Will Hunting

    Good Will Hunting

    ★★★★½

    Sometimes a Classic is a classic for a reason. Just such a fucking solid movie. Such good and likeable characters. Such real fucking emotion.

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