Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Perfect Days 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 11 Jan 2024

  Wim Wenders and Yakusho Koji are a match made in heaven

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  Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 04 Jun 2023

  The Empire Strikes Back of the Miles Morales Spiderverse trilogy

Popular reviews

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  Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes 2020

  ★★★★★ Watched 23 Jan 2022

  A low budget, one take, shot on iPhone film with a genius story and masterful  execution/production/planning. I will be sipping my tea waiting for the moment  Hollywood decides to adapt this film for western audiences.

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  Encanto 2021

  ★★★ Watched 31 Dec 2021

  I can’t think of many Disney films quite like Encanto where a majority of the film takes place in one giant set piece and the main antagonist that brings conflict to the film isn’t some “big bad” but rather the nuanced complexities that can come with family. For better or worse, the DNA of modern Disney animation is underscored clearer than ever in the story beats (each Madrigal family member could easily be their own Disney film protagonist). I personally…