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Favorite films

  • Persona
  • Mirror
  • Harakiri
  • Ran

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  • Anora

    ★★★½

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★

  • Back in Action

    ½

  • Nosferatu

    ★★★★½

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  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★★½

    Anora is a fun movie for a casual Netflix weekend, but the fact that it has swept the Oscars is beyond comprehension. While it may have its entertaining moments, it lacks the depth, technical brilliance, and overall cinematic mastery that should define an Academy Award-winning film. Giving it multiple top awards, including Best Picture, completely undermines the prestige of the Oscars and calls into question the standards by which films are judged, especially when this film was shot like an…

  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★

    Brody’s performance is fantastic. He brings depth and emotion to the role, and it’s easy to see why critics are calling it one of his best performances. However i think casting him in a near-exact same role as his role in the Pianist is just lazy casting and will probably result in typecasting for Adrien Brody.

    The film is long, over three hours, which may be too much for some people. While i enjoyed the depth, i can see how…

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  • Back in Action

    Back in Action

    ½

    This film is yet another soulless, uninspired cash grab that proves Hollywood has long since abandoned any semblance of creativity. It's a paint-by-numbers template movie with no heart, no originality, and nothing to set it apart from the endless stream of derivative drivel churned out year after year. The plot is a shameless rehash of stories we've seen countless times before, cobbled together with a checklist of clichés rather than any genuine effort at storytelling.

    The characters are flat and…

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