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  Rafiki 2018

  ★★★ Watched 08 Apr 2024

  Rafiki is a pretty full social commentary on the social stigma of LGBTQ+ culture in a country that so powerfully opposes and stigmatizes it. The simple romance of Kena who plans to go to nursing school, and Ziki, the archetype of a wild free spirit whose life goal is to travel and inspires Kena to raise her eyes higher in medicine. This movie isn't very wide in scope or imaginative, or even grandiose, but it doesn't have to be. The…

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  RRR 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 20 Feb 2024

  Loved this film! It was a refreshing break from the hyperrealistic soap dramas that dominate TV. Parts of it were so laughable and unrealistic that it was a joy to watch. The 'boss fight' scenes were visually jarring, stunning, and completely unfeasible to enact in real life. The melodramatic dance scenes, short bouts of poetic dialogue, and elaborate dance numbers were exhilarating. In the film, characters burst into song and dance to music during significant political moments, for example when…

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  Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India 2001

  ★★★★½ Watched 14 Jan 2024

  Brilliant... brilliant acting, directing, pacing, storyline, and cast. This movie is just so darling- the storyline is simultaneously simple and complicated. How an entire three hours of a film was built on the simple preface of tax but seamlessly weaved in multiple plot lines, storylines, and political commentary. The yellow-orange tone of the movie itself isn't what I'm usually attracted to, but the cinematography during the dance and cricket scenes is stunning. A striking part of the film is the…

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  Wolf Warrior 2 2017

  Watched 31 Oct 2023

  I vaguely remember my parents taking me to see this movie when it first came out, so watching this felt like a slap of nostalgia. The plot follows Leng Feng as he rescues and takes on missions around Africa and other places around the world, while attempting to evade a deadly disease and protecting doctors and aid workers from terrorists.

  The loose plot and plain dialogue never really reeled me in, not then and not now, and I honestly think…

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