She ate!! 🗣️😤👏

All the tension of the Safdie Brothers without the unease. Genius and accessible. Absolutely hilarious, but not in an unserious way. Mikey Madison is all deserving. 

Anora is both a fresh character portrait AND a rich, detailed understanding of American/modern life through an entertaining story of reality's more fringe experiences.

First, what a fun set up. That first hour is a rom-com of the decade, Up level love story. Anora allows a full indulgence of happiness and giddy, even though…

Delayed review here, but I think most of my initial reactions stand -

Asako I & II is that really smart, probably good looking guy who tries to sweet talk you but he's honestly pretty rude and manipulative. He's clever, but not as wise as he thinks and can be pretentious *ahem* about theatre such as Chekov *ahem*. Maybe the director just reeked of this, and I was a little over it. What I mean is Hamaguchi wrote a story all for…

Ya know, still unnecessary but the potential had me in the first half.

I counted three mortal cinemasins, mostly musical:
• the use of "I need a hero" - doesn't everyone know by now that Shrek has that trademarked?
• Bowser singing extendedly
• Jonah and the Whale cliche
• Take on me

And then mega mortal venial cinema sin is the lack. The lack. I wanted more! Not just one off acknowledgements and background references of the Mario world,…

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Me processing: 

A winning entry to the pool of films that use "discovering what it is to be human" trope. What's more, Poor Things is a confident, hilarious statement on "what it is to be a woman" - done especially well through displaying various shades of masculinity. 

What a story honestly. Uncertain how much the book itself offers, but its interpretation in each character creates a comprehensive, albeit positioned, commentary on creation, gender, adventure, meaning, and more.…