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Love in Taipei 2023
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I’m fairly romcom illiterate – I think the last romance film I watched was “Purple Hearts” (categorically terrible storytelling). Going into this movie, I hardly knew what a good teen romcom is even supposed to look like, and 10 minutes into this movie, I was convinced that this feature would not give me the answer. But I was pleasantly surprised as the film developed, spinning out a compelling, non-predictable plot and giving us characters that (mostly) were three dimensional.
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Parasite 2019
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What can I say about such a critically acclaimed film? It’s really fucking good.
“Parasite” is an exceptionally intentional movie, where it feels like a highly specific tonal signature was tasted after and pursued by each and every department in production. At the center of that tonal vision, for me, was this balance they managed to achieve between drama, horror, and comedy, all describing this same story of social commentary and each being given the space to exist without cheapening…
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The Batman 2022
The Batman is a truly revolutionary, groundbreaking film, proving once and for all, that superhero movies can be Oscar porn too.
As much as I’d like to give an analysis of the film, I can’t quite comprehend what I just watched. On the one hand, this movie has the best premise of any Batman film (or probably even any superhero film) ever, because it’s literally just everybody finally calling Batman out for his shit AND being right about it (they…
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Nope 2022
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Jordan Peele’s cinematic style is wholly reflective of the second line of his Wikipedia page, “best known for his work in the comedy and horror genres.”
“Nope” is a really interesting exploration of the sci-fi / horror genre, and I think it does so well at that for a couple reasons:
— The fact that the ship turns out to not be a ship is cool, because it shakes the audience out of the unconscious, pre-defined shortlist of possible endings…
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