Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Enter the Void 2009

  ★★★½ Watched 30 Dec 2023

  The prototypical Noé film

  3 hours (feels more like 7) of indulgent, hynoptic, seizure-inducing hell

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  The Tree of Life 2011

  ★★★★ Rewatched 27 Dec 2023

  Watch this a few more times and I might be at five stars

Popular reviews

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  Barbie 2023

  ★★★ Watched 07 Aug 2023 2

  The highs: the genuinely funny moments when it didn’t take itself too seriously and embraced its self-awareness, beautiful set design 

  The lows: overdid it with the pedantic writing and inconsistent tone, overall kinda messy and while the premise was creative and refreshing, the heavyhanded messaging only undermined it

  But for a movie that feels more like a clever marketing campaign for a mass produced plastic doll, it’s about as good as you could expect.

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  Decision to Leave 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Jan 2023

  Vertigo meets In the Mood for Love in a plot that doesn’t quite feel fully fleshed out, a winding path that takes several odd turns before reaching its poetic conclusion. Thoroughly enjoyed it from a technical and stylistic perspective, but couldn’t really connect with the romance at hand.

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