Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Crazy Rich Asians 2018

  ★★★ Rewatched 25 Oct 2024

  A silly popcorn movie that's good at what it's set out to do.

  I really appreciate that this movie seems to have become a blueprint for bringing different perspectives to Hollywood productions and showing that diversity can be profitable. It certainly bodes better than that period in the early to mid 2000's where every single 'Comedy' in the U.S was directed or written by Adam Sandler, or one of his friends, which inevitably included extremely misogynistic ideas and jokes that…

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  The Tale of The Princess Kaguya 2013

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Feb 2025

  One of the most cohesively beautiful movies I've seen. Aesthetically brilliant. Naratively golden. Earnest, spiritual, meaningful. Like the moon, rather than the jewel that shines on the dragon's neck.

Popular reviews

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  Monsters 2010

  ½ Watched 28 Nov 2021

  THis was one of the worst films i've ever watched gareth edwards you should be ashamed of yiourself and i h8 u

  i liked the shot with the cross after the gfuys died though that eaas cool and good symbolism

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  The Boy and the Heron 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Feb 2025

  Very allegorical, surreal, but somewhat difficult for me personally to emotionally engage with, which isn't a bad thing. I think most other Ghibli movies, while clearly made from very personal places, are more eager to please. This movie clearly does not care to make things digestible, easy, or readily enjoyable, which I respect. I think there are a lot of references to Miyazaki's own views of his mortality, themes of grief, war, Japanese history, fascism, fantasy. It feels like art…