Meg Joong

Meg Joong

I had a Criterion Collection subscription for a very long time but always defaulted to Disney Plus.

Favorite films

  • Spirited Away
  • The Godfather Part II
  • Clue
  • When Harry Met Sally...

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  • Woman of the Hour

    ★★★½

  • The Santa Clause

    ★★★★★

  • The Muppet Christmas Carol

    ★★★★★

  • Contact

    ★★★★

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  • Woman of the Hour

    Woman of the Hour

    ★★★½

    Good to be reminded every once in a while that men are dangerous and suck. 

    Based on a true story!

  • The Santa Clause

    The Santa Clause

    ★★★★★

    Don’t pretend you’re not a total slut for the pun. It’s on par with Ernest Hemingway’s 20th century masterpiece "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." levels of genius

  • The Muppet Christmas Carol

    The Muppet Christmas Carol

    ★★★★★

    MICHAEL CAINE?!? 

    in an interview he said he approached this like he would the Shakespeare Theatre.

  • Contact

    Contact

    ★★★★

    Saw this at the Cornell cinema for Carl Sagan’s bday. 

    Aliens transmitting the Berlin Olympics and hitler propaganda? Realistic. 
    Religious terrorism against science? Realistic. 
    A universe in which a straight Jodie Foster rejecting Matthew McConaughey? Not realistic.

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