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  The Kingmaker 2019

  ★★★ Watched 23 Sep 2021

  I am a millennial born after EDSA. Cory Aquino, widow of slain senator Benigno Aquino was already president, and fallen dictator Ferdinand Marcos was on the brink of death in America. Years would go before Martial Law would imprint, but not enough for me to understand. It was not taught in detail during formal schooling, and elders would even go as far as to say that things were "quiet" then. I used to have a friend who revered the elder…

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  Minari 2020

  ★★★★½ Watched 07 Oct 2021

  A pretty enough film, but what I loved about it was watching it through David's face--his bewilderment at and skepticism toward his grandma, inquisitiveness over new American and Korean things he gets to discover as a child with two identities, his indignation over the right use of the word ding-dong and his face when it was used in the worst way possible. That determined face, his lips pursed over a prank, and the puppy dog eyes he makes when he…

Recent reviews

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  The Weekend Away 2022

  ★★½ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025

  Just going to keep rewatching everything on my list because that's how much I can no longer handle surprises

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  Now You See Me 2 2016

  ★★★ Rewatched 15 Mar 2025

  Dave Franco...would

  Also Lizzy Caplan...woulder

Popular reviews

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  Rakenrol 2011

  ★★★★★ Watched 05 Feb 2021

  Hindi naman ako handa sa pagka-time capsule nito.

  Kwarto ni Odie, kwarto ko circa 2005. Puno ng magazine pages kung saan nafeature ang Sugarfree, Eheads, Sandwich, Imago, Cambio (kasi crush ko talaga si Diego Mapa, bakit ba). Puro kalat, puro CD at notebook na may lamang lyrics ng kanta ng Paramita. May radyo na kinukuha ko sa kwarto ni Papa pag tulog na siya. Akala ko ako lang nagsusulat ng mga kanta sa countdown ng NU? May isang NYE na…

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  Apocalypse Child 2015

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 22 Dec 2020

  I'd forgotten how much I felt sorry for the women in this film.