otbovogel

otbovogel

Favorite films

  • Jumanji
  • Gypsy
  • Airplane!
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

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  • The Monkey

    ★★★★½

  • SNL50: The Anniversary Special

  • Paddington in Peru

    ★★★★

  • High School Musical

    ★★★★★

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  • The Monkey

    The Monkey

    ★★★★½

    This movie was weird as fuck and then I remembered Osgood Perkins directed it

  • High School Musical

    High School Musical

    ★★★★★

    I worked on a production of the musical adaptation of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus last summer. The director, a legendary actor in Chicago, asked a question about theatre for young audiences on the first day of rehearsal: why do we have lower standards for children’s theatre?

    I think there’s a reason this movie stands the test of time ALMOST TWENTY YEARS LATER. No corners were cut on the quality of this production. The music is remarkable, they…

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  • My Neighbor Totoro

    My Neighbor Totoro

    ★★★★★

    Guys cat bus was outside my window last night no like fr I saw it and it talked to me and I stepped into it and sat on its fur bench and took a whimsical ride through the city of Chicago but no one could see us because I was on cat bus

  • I'm Still Here

    I'm Still Here

    ★★★★★

    This is as much a love letter to Brazil as it is a historical document. Very rarely in American-made cinema do we see locations outside of the US portrayed with such lushness and realness; I always find the portrayals to be inappropriately exoticizing: they are places that neither exist until they’re on camera nor have real people who live real, important lives. 

    I unfortunately believe it was Azealia Banks who criticized a major publication’s nasty attempt to rank the best…