Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★½ Watched 29 Jan 2025

  Disappointed that I didn’t like this more.

  There is so much about this that is really phenomenal (Brody, the score, visuals, that library!!, title sequence, upside down Liberty, the marble, the entire first half), but the story veers off into things that take away from what was actually interesting. Like I want less of the psychological thriller artist/patron relationship and more scenes of Brody talking about cubes and his relationship with his wife and cousin.

  Going into the intermission I…

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  Hard Truths 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 24 Jan 2025

  First Mike Leigh in a cinema 🥰. As always, every character is beautiful, devastating, and feels so true.

  Watched at Cinema Moderne with Nat.

Popular reviews

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  Avatar: The Way of Water 2022

  ½ Watched 04 Jan 2023

  This movie sucks. 

  I can’t believe after 13 years, James Cameron wrote a movie that is the EXACT SAME PLOT AS THE FIRST ONE… it was so boring. The plot and script are horrendous, and not gonna lie, the movie doesn’t even look THAT good, the visuals are just fine and didn’t really wow me.

  Pretty much every big plot point revolves around the exact same scenario with the annoying kids venturing off and getting in danger over and over,…

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  Anora 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 11 Oct 2024

  I’ll never get over Baker’s ability to go from the funniest scenes I’ve seen in a while to some of the most moving and empathic moments. Loved this a lot.

  Watched in the main lecture hall in the Hall Building, kinda random spot to see an FNC movie, and had flash backs to FFAR.