mganaya

mganaya

Favorite films

  • Matilda
  • Grease
  • Call Me by Your Name
  • La La Land

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  • Black Bag

    ★★★★

  • La La Land

    ★★★★★

  • The Monkey

    ★★★★

  • Companion

    ★★★★

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  • Black Bag

    Black Bag

    ★★★★

    very fun and stylishly executed! dinner party and polygraph scenes are appropriately hyped but I haven’t seen as much attention on the cate blanchett therapy scene (although maybe I just want naomie harris’ job). for those who like duplicity but tweet about how cheating should be a class A misdemeanor

  • La La Land

    La La Land

    ★★★★★

    realizing I do sometimes try to emulate the carefree way mia walks on the sidewalk

    on this watch I wasn’t gagging at the first act (which I suspect is best on the big screen) but then everything came together as it always does. in justin hurwitz’ name AMEN 🙏

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  • Babygirl

    Babygirl

    ★★★★½

    oh let’s make fun of the girl who took a risk and put herself out there creatively

    this was such a fun time. packs a lot of thematic complexity while never straying too far from flirty unseriousness. almost wish it fully committed to the crazy in parts, especially the climax. nicole kidman is mother (to two different versions of jojo siwa)

  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★½

    elisabeth served a lot more on her show than sue I’ll tell you that much…

    this was a wild ride propelled by oppressive camerawork and plenty of goop. I liked how uncanny everything felt, from the abandoned LA sidewalks to the robotic dialogue. the plot itself was thin enough to describe in a few sentences and didn’t go in any direction I wasn’t anticipating despite the marketing being pretty restrained. I did ultimately feel bad for elisabeth which is really…