Kaku

Kaku

Aspiring filmmaker with lots of opinions that should all be taken very seriously.

Favorite films

  • Cinderella
  • Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
  • Selena
  • The Sound of Music

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★★

  • Wicked

    ★★★★★

  • Theater Camp

    ★★★★★

  • Origin

    ★★★★★

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★★

    I loved this film! It’s weird, scary, gross, funny & heartwarming all at once. Robert Pattinson nails portraying Mickey 17 and Mickey 18 as two people who felt very different but one of the same where just by body language you’re able to tell who’s who with their voices of course being very distinct. Naomi Ackie as Nasha was a great love interest, loved and adored by Mickey she’s perfectly fine and capable to manage things on her own but created…

  • Wicked

    Wicked

    ★★★★★

    After watching Wicked, I listened to I’m Not That Girl on repeat on my way home and cried my eyes out. I don’t know if I’ve ever felt so seen by a character like I have experiencing Elphaba’s journey in this story but I’m forever touched by Cynthia Erivo’s performance. She gave her such beauty and vulnerability while having to deal with the world hating her for something she could not change. And to see the power she had when…

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  • American Fiction

    American Fiction

    ★★★★★

    I had the pleasure of seeing the world premiere of American Fiction last night at TIFF and what an exceptional film it was! A stunning film debut by director and writer Cord Jefferson, this adaptation of Percival Everett's novel Erasure is a necessary story our culture needs. The film follows a revered author and professor of English literature Monk as he goes through a journey of contextualizing what it means to create art as a black person in today's world.…

  • Origin

    Origin

    ★★★★★

    I had the pleasure of seeing Ava DuVernay‘s new film Origin during TIFF this year and it’s really stuck with me since. DuVernay is so good at exploring black womanhood and all the complexities that come with it. The actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor carried this film with such poise and grace portraying the author Isabel Wilkerson and the journey she went through writing the book Caste while she was experiencing so much loss in her life. Also loved the choice to…