miyindk

miyindk

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  • The Farewell
  • Before Sunset
  • Sing Street
  • Problemista

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  • Gattaca

    ★★★½

  • A Complete Unknown

    ★★

  • The Lost City

    ★★

  • 3:10 to Yuma

    ★★★½

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  • Gattaca

    Gattaca

    ★★★½

    “I never saved anything for the swim back”

    I wanted to love this film, I really did. And to be fair, I loved how character-centric and original it was for a sci-fi movie. But past that I just couldn’t get over how flawed and unexplored DNA (get it?) of the story was. First of all, the very premise of a society based on eugenics but where race (and gender? Even though Uma Thurman seems to be one of the only…

  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★

    I somehow know and care less about Bob Dylan than I did before I watched this.

    Absolutely devoid of conflict, narrative drive, and emotional impact. It is such a shame we do not get to explore any characters or any major political and cultural theme that informed Bob Dylan’s music. This felt like 140 minute-long concert recreation where no decision the characters made had any real impact on the story or life it represented. I understand this is literally called…

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  • The Holdovers

    The Holdovers

    ★★★★½

    A film about three people with no home to go to for Christmas that feels like going home for Christmas. My soul is warm and bright like a cherries jubilee.

  • American Fiction

    American Fiction

    ★★★★½

    I am the target audience for this film and that says too much about me.

    Easily the funniest film I’ve seen in the past year.

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