lilysendeavours

lilysendeavours

Favorite films

  • Submarine
  • Manchester by the Sea

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  • Silver Linings Playbook

    ★★★★★

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★

  • A Real Pain

    ★★★★

  • Nickel Boys

    ★★★

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  • Silver Linings Playbook

    Silver Linings Playbook

    ★★★★★

    Beautiful. No notes. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence’s onscreen chemistry was so colourful and dynamic. Lawrence absolutely deserved that Oscar for this film.

  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★

    The length and formatting of the movie to have an intermission was a great touch. Heavy themes were being portrayed, so it made perfect sense to digest them in two big bites rather than one. I liked the movie, I think? Adrian Brody was of course amazing, and so was everyone else. Joe Alwyn immersed himself into his role so well — I say so because I no longer found him attractive (he played a bad person); which is a compliment.…

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  • A Real Pain

    A Real Pain

    ★★★★

    A beautiful, bittersweet (more bitter than sweet) story of cousins that are faced with the grief-like nature of life and history. Eisenberg’s true skill is revealed in his ability to tightly coalesce humour with tough subjects dealt with in this movie, i.e. the holocaust. Thoroughly enjoyable story and execution. Kieran’s acting is amazing, you can really see him put his own spin on his lines. The way he delivers them tickles something in my brain, there’s an imperfect perfection to…

  • Nickel Boys

    Nickel Boys

    ★★★

    Hard to get into.

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