ringofire

ringofire

Favorite films

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Uncut Gems
  • Mulholland Drive

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  • The Electric State

    ★½

  • Ne Zha 2

    ★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

  • Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood's End

    ★★★★

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  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★★★★

    Anora is lured into a fantasy of unlimited riches and escape. However, with Sean Baker's commitment to portraying life with authenticity and sincerity, our protagonist cant escape the "too good to be true" reality of her situation. When presented with an unbelievable exit from financial insecurity, who wouldn't allow themselves to be fooled? Wouldn't we all claw, kick, and scream to stop the dream from being taken away? If you're method of survival required you to understand all relationships as…

  • Borderlands

    Borderlands

    ★½

    I can see where all the money went: big name actors, special effects, costumes, etc. Sadly none of it translates into a remotely entertaining or competent movie. Jokes constantly miss, performances are half-assed, dialogue in general is awful, plot is beyond cliche, action is mid. The editing was especially awful with just baffling awkward choices made left and right. The Borderlands coat of paint is there on the most superficial level.

    I don’t find the games to be funny or well written either, but I’d say this is considerably worse.

    Jack Black does a decent Claptrap impression.

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