Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Avatar: The Way of Water 2022

  ★★½ Watched 22 Jan 2023

  First time i’ve ever fallen asleep in the cinema

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  Obi-Wan Kenobi 2022

  ★★★ Watched 24 Jun 2022

  creatively uninspired. the sole aim of Disney+  seems to be to squeeze every last drop of milk out of their ancient, overworked cash-cows. the sad thing is that it’s working. not surprising however, considering that repurposing and reselling old ideas has been Disney’s business model from the start. case in point: mickey mouse.

Popular reviews

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  Dogville 2003

  ★★★★★ Watched 21 Dec 2020

  me at the start of dogville: haha this is hilarious 

  me at the end of dogville: haha i have stage 1 ptsd

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  Gattaca 1997

  ★★ Watched 15 Jul 2020

  35/100  - Thematically pleasing, dramatically obsolete

  Gattaca explores a number of thought-provoking ideas and concepts, but ultimately fails to properly engage us with these ideas as a result of a poor screenplay, poor acting, and some cringe-inducing dialogue.

  The core themes of the movie - eugenics, genetic discrimination and even destiny, are interesting and no doubt prescient on their face - as is Gattaca's (existentialist) notion that, in the end, our lives are not bound by the mere facts of…

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