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Recent reviews

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  Hereditary 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 29 Mar 2025

  Didn’t know Ari Aster’s mind was fucked up like that.

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  Queer 2024

  ★★½ Watched 28 Mar 2025

  I don’t mind movies being abstract but this was a bit out of my league in the abstractness. I respect it, but this just wasn’t really for me. I guess it’s got some interesting themes of forcing relationships and not being able to move on but the final third of this was so weird that I kinda just got taken out of it. I don’t know, maybe it’s a me problem.

Popular reviews

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  Silence 2016

  ★★★★★ Watched 09 Jan 2025

  A powerful film on religion. Religion brings people comfort, hope, and comradery but also brings conflict, division, pain, and oppression. This film asks an important question. Is your faith worth more than human life? Is preserving human life the greatest act of faith? If we confine ourselves into something that we aren’t, our days will become meaningless, our lives unfulfilling. Because of this, we must always hold on to who we are under all circumstances. But is preserving who we…

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  Memories of Murder 2003

  ★★★★★ Watched 25 Feb 2025

  Jeez, what a movie. The whole second half of the movie I was leaning forward in my bean bag (my preferred vessel to watch a movie in) and could not take my eyes off the screen. So suspenseful. Beautifully shot, acted, and directed. Also, a look at morality, obsession, and how unsolved conflicts, personal or communal, linger in our minds. Immorality misguides us and clouds our judgement. Morality may get us close to winning, but it can be taken advantage…

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