Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Shrek the Musical 2013

  ★★½ Watched 13 Feb 2025

  Shrek doesn't even get shot in the ass in this one.

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  Renfield 2023

  ★★ Watched 12 Feb 2025

  Why does a crime family/corrupt cops storyline take up more of the film than the vampire stuff??

Popular reviews

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  Barbie: Fairytopia 2005

  ★★★ Added

  Barbie: Fairytopia was the first in the Barbie franchise to have an original storyline. The film presents girls with complex depictions of girlhood and disability that walk a line between progressive and conservative. The world building is girl-centric, with matriarchs, heroines, and women villains. The lead character Elina is entirely independent, she lives alone and has no love interest. Furthermore, Elina is a fairy born without wings, codifying her as disabled. After an event that leaves all fairies unable to…

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  Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper 2004

  ★★★★ Added

  Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper loosely adapts the Mark Twain novel and reimagines the story as a pop musical with liberal feminist themes. Barbie ‘plays’ the roles of the princess Anneliese and the pauper Erica as they switch places to help Annaliese avoid a marriage to an older member of the royal court. While this is one of the few films in the Barbie franchise with love interests, the relationship that is most explored is between Erica and…