lauren baiza

lauren baiza

these reviews do NOT exist relative to each other!! my 5 star mean girls review is just as valid as my 5 star little women review

Favorite films

  • Hereditary
  • Starship Troopers
  • Booksmart
  • Dune: Part Two

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  • Nosferatu

    ★★★★½

  • Smile 2

    ★★★★

  • Ma

    ★★½

  • Possessor

    ★★★½

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  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★★½

    nosferatu doesn’t make love. he fucks. hard. 

    staggering and dark and nasty and sexy and obsessive. beautifully shot and edited, FANTASTIC performances from everyone, the visuals and the world are so engrossing. loved seeing gothic horror’s weird relationship to religion/theology on full display. packed full of biblical references, making it feel somewhat allegorical or prophetic in that way, but can be read from so many angles. clearly such a passion project, and just so fun and dreadful and theatrical. definitely…

  • Smile 2

    Smile 2

    ★★★★

    this is what happens when you leave lemonade mouth to go solo :/ hayley kiyoko you’re next 

    i think i still like the first one better because i saw it in theatres, i liked the grittier vibe, and this one doesn’t have the same shock value of the final reveal after seeing the first one. however the reality testing/gruesome visuals/psychic breakdown is always a fun combo, and naomi scott ate this up and then chased it with soooo much voss…

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★★½

    this went SO hard. however, i love campy body horror so i recognize that i am the target audience and this will not be for everyone. but it did what it wanted to do extremely well. my only qualms are that it dragged a bit at times and that i didn’t see it in theaters!!

    shot and edited beautifully, the makeup and special effects were PHENOMENAL!! sets were amazing, score was BANGING, stellar performances. so visceral, and i loved the slow harrowing build to that wild third act, i had a blast!!!

  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★★★★

    absolutely phenomenal. monumental. literally cinematic and cultural history in the making. i was never bored or uninterested once, completely engrossed the entire time! i could have sat there and watched more and just lived in that universe for days, FOREVER, AS LONG AS I BREATHE. way too short in my opinion. i never want these to end. collectively might be one of my favorite things ever tbh.