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Favorite films

  • Flow
  • Mickey 17
  • Aswang
  • Cunk on Life

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

  • Aswang

    ★★★★

  • Flow

    ★★★★★

  • Sosyal Climbers

    ★★★½

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    I chose to watch this in the middle of my midterm week. Safe to say I don't regret my decision!!

    In true Bong Joon Ho fashion, the complexities of capitalism and social discourse in this film is strong and insanely stylistic. The notion of everyone and everything is replaceable in a capitalistic society through the lens of expendables is strong, thorough, and consistent.

    Despite this, I genuinely think that the most interesting part of the movie was when Mickey 17…

  • Aswang

    Aswang

    ★★★★

    said aswang is finally about to get what he deserves. Justice will prevail one way or the other

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  • Green Bones

    Green Bones

    ★★★★½

    what truly makes one good or evil? 

    understanding the philosophical nuances of this question, green bones takes us on a journey of realization through the lens of a prison and its inhabitants— the “good” guards and the “evil” prisoners. 

    the predictability of the plot actually works out for the movie, because then you get to understand on your own terms (much like Xavier) that what’s good and evil is often times not black and white. 

    stellar performance. when good writing…

  • The Parades

    The Parades

    ★★★★★

    It's very interesting to me how a movie that explores daunting concepts like death and the afterlife can feel like a warm hug and a cup of hot chocolate on a rainy day.

    The Parades was not on my radar at all, until I saw it on my Netflix Home Page today and decided to give it a go. And Boy, I'm so happy I did.

    Narrative wise, it's nothing new-- especially from a country like Japan where narratives based…

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