Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Bread and Chocolate 1974

  ★★★★★ Watched 26 Feb 2025

  In a world with so much hate against migrants, a movie that shows what it takes to truly belong and the sacrifices one has to make along the way. Touched a sore spot and ended up with my eyes wet in more than one spot. A movie that works on every level from start to finish, going to revisit it several times over.

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  Perfect Days 2023

  ★★★★★ Added

  At some point I forgot I was watching a movie and was transported to Tokyo, cleaning toilets and living Hirayama's life. Felt like going into a temple watching the movie in the kino along with the handful of other patrons. Makes life a little better when you come out, I know today's going to be a perfect day.

Popular reviews

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  Kalki 2898-AD 2024

  ★½ Added

  A budget hack of Dune/Mad Max/BR 2049 without any of their soul within, the movie thinks its final reveal is enough for all skullduggery we've to indulge to get there. The visual effects that have neither the heft of Hollywood counterparts nor the cheekiness of Nigerian cinema - for someone who has watched the original source material the copy is what it is, a sad copy. Amitabh is the real hero of the movie and that's partly because his character…

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  Ghost in the Shell 1995

  ★★★★★ Watched 21 Aug 2024

  It's impossible to conceive this movie was ever made. Within the thic bundles of philosophic ideas is the story of creation and a meditation on what intelligence and life actually means. In a world where the use of AI (or the misuse of the word) ha become commonplace this movie becomes even more relevant. Cannot unsee the influence it has had on other Sci-Fi films but none of them even come as close to the brilliance of Ghost in the…