Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Invitation 2022

  ★½ Watched 05 Jan 2023

  Is this gothic horror? No. Is this inspired by gothic horror? Yes. Is this film just background noise? Also yes. 

  The Invitation just fell flat. The whole premise of going to another country because of found family relations on a whim felt forced. It wasn’t until the vampire twist reveal that I got a spark of life from this film. I didn’t expect a vampire film out of late 2022 especially since the trailers gave off haunting or hungry entity…

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  Belle 2021

  ★★★ Watched 02 Jan 2023

  Belle is a stunning visual movie about a girl (Suzu) finding confidence in herself through an AI world. She then meets a mysterious beast who captures her attention and she seeks out to find out who he is. 

  While this movie is visually attention grabbing with some heart warming and emotional sun story lines, the overarching plot of the story was messy and doesn’t feel cohesive. A lot of Suzu and Hiroka’s motivation throughout this film were shallowly driven to…

Popular reviews

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  X 2022

  ★★★★★ Watched 21 Nov 2022

  Sad that the like button is not a LOVE button. X is the gritty and raunchy slasher I needed this year. Ti West is a new director love of mine and I can’t wait to see the rest in this trilogy. 

  Between the artful sex scenes and kills I don’t know what to gush on first. The cinematography is heavily influenced by Texas Chainsaw Massacre era movies in the best ways possible. I love how it just adds it’s own…

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  Nope 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 29 Nov 2022

  Nope is just that nope. Jordan Peele goes for the more abstract this time around and western. It may not be my favorite Peele film, but it made me laugh and feeling awe. 

  I loved the cast. Everyone was stellar. Emerald (Keke Palmer) and Jupe (Steven Yuen) made the movie. Between lines and delivery, I just enjoyed watching them on screen. 

  The pacing of the movie was weird with the different chapters and definitely felt slow in a few scenes.…