jsshields

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I don't know what to put here. For now, parsnips.

Favorite films

  • Harakiri
  • Ex Machina
  • Dune
  • The Wind Rises

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★

  • Chungking Express

    ★★★★

  • Rush Hour 2

    ★★★★½

  • Nickel Boys

    ★★★

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★

    I've yet to dislike a Bong Joon Ho film. I've enjoyed every single one I've seen, and at this point I'm only missing a couple of stragglers. So when he has a new one coming out, it's a must see. This year, Mickey 17 is that new one. And...it's fine. 

    Mickey 17 is about a guy who signs up to be continuously reprinted whenever he's killed. This leads to him being sent on various dangerous missions to utilize that talent.…

  • Chungking Express

    Chungking Express

    ★★★★

    I must confess something. I have been on planes for around 14 hours over the last week. In that time, I watched a total of 15 minutes of movies. I sincerely apologize. I hope that fact that those 15 minutes occured during an unplanned fueling stop in El Salvador properly illustrates the at times inconvenient nature of said flights, and perheps justifies the large percentage of them I spent asleep. 

    Chungking Express I did manage to watch though, albeit in…

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  • Hundreds of Beavers

    Hundreds of Beavers

    ★★★★½

    Equally funny as the first time I saw it. Slightly more beavers though! (They brought a guy in a beaver suit to the showing)

  • Alien: Romulus

    Alien: Romulus

    ★★★★

    When it comes to sequels to long running franchises, I look for one thing and one thing only. Well that's not true, I look for a variety of things. But one of them is for the film in question to take a swing. It's too easy to rely on all the tropes from the classic you're supposed to build on and fail to add anything new. I was worried about that for Romulus. But I'm happy to say it took…

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