Tokyo Sonata

Tokyo Sonata

2008
★★★★½ Watched

That was really something. Completely switched gears at the halfway point which only made me appreciate the slower pace of the first half more.

Warfare

Warfare

2025
★★★½ Watched

Definitely don’t want to watch again any time soon. An hour and a half of deafening explosions and blood. Super realistic (I’m gonna assume) and excellent performances.

Carrie

Carrie

1976
★★★½ Watched

Definitely a classic. I think the film relies super heavily on its ending, but not much happens before then.

Happy-Go-Lucky

Happy-Go-Lucky

2008
★★★★ Watched

Sally Hawkins is a lovely British actor and this is a lovely British movie.

28 Years Later

28 Years Later

2025
★★★★ Watched

Czech premiere in Prague. Cool theater. I think if it was written and directed by Danny Boyle instead of only directed, it would’ve been better. No shade to Alex Garland though, I still like his work.

I'm Still Here

I'm Still Here

2024
★★★★½ Watched

Watched this on a plane. Cried. I crode on the plane. Don’t get me wrong, City of God is great, but I think this is the only movie I’ve seen that’s set in Brazil and doesn’t feature kids with guns. It was nice to see a non-sensationalized version of Brazil life. Pretty somber film though.

Friendship

Friendship

2024
★★★★ Watched

Watched this and finished The Rehearsal in the same day. Feeling weird in a good way.

Cherry

Cherry

2021
★★★★½ Watched

I was supposed to not like this according to rotten tomatoes, but I don’t know what they were on about. This is an extremely well shot film with a crazy Tom Holland performance (I didn’t know he could do that). His gf Ciara Brava was also stellar, as was her show Wayne. I think critics didn’t understand the satirical part of this movie and instead took everything at face value (it’s kinda hard to miss it though when a bank…