Favorite films

Recent reviews

• 

  Win or Lose 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  I was hesitant to watch this after the infamous cutting of a trans storyline from episode 7 however after watching it is clear the cowardice was by Disney, and Pixar did what they could.
  The show is cute. With the somewhat anthological nature some episodes end up being leagues better than others but none are bad. The final episode is very messy and I did not like how some stories ended up (particularly Frank, the umpire, although he was already…

• 

  Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 15 Mar 2025

  This movie is like 75% of why I decided to study ecology.
  The art is of course absolutely stunning. I like that pacifism is shown to not be apathy and not be weakness. Mennonites would love the valley of the wind. The narrative is slow in a way that really causes you to take in the lush jungle and themes of the movie. Im excited to read the manga as apparently this movue only covers half of the story.

Popular reviews

• 

  Repo! The Genetic Opera 2008

  ½ Watched 25 Nov 2023

  Wow, it happened. I found a movie worse than the little hours. I didn't think it was possible.
  Calling this an "opera" is... generous and possibly libel(quoth Theo). There is so much talking and the "singing" is questionable at best. This movie despite being 98 minutes felt like it was 5 hours long. I wish the repo man would have come for me to end the suffering. None of the characters gave me a single reason to care about them.
  All that being said, thank you Brier for subjecting me to this. I will remember this for years to come :)

• 

  Past Lives 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 10 Feb 2024 1

  It is easy to focus on the what ifs of life. What if I stayed in New Bothwell, hell what if I grew up in Albania. Would I be the same person, would I be different? I have also experienced it where it feels like everyone else has moved on, and you are stuck in your ordinary life, hung up on a previous person or experience. This movie brilliantly explored those themes and was absolutely beautiful. The idea of reincarnation…

Following