Tristan

Tristan

Favorite films

  • Moneyball
  • Children of Men
  • The King's Speech
  • Good Morning, Vietnam

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  • Sing Sing

    ★★★½

  • The Martian

    ★★★★

  • Navalny

    ★★★★

  • Trap

    ★½

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  • Sing Sing

    Sing Sing

    ★★★½

    Watched this on a plane so not the best viewing experience — but wow is this a beautiful film.

  • The Martian

    The Martian

    ★★★★

    I friggin love this movie so much

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  • Children of Men

    Children of Men

    ★★★★★

    Rewatched this for the first time since seeing it when it came out and holy smokes. From the opening scene it grabs you by the lapels and really doesn’t let go until the credits roll. 

    The first thing that stood out to me on a second watch was that the dystopian world portrayed in the film alarmingly doesn’t seem nearly as implausible as it used to or all that far off from where we find ourselves today. At its core,…

  • Expats

    Expats

    ★★★

    A bit overacted and underwritten, but the series is surprisingly honest and unforgiving in how it portrays the peculiarities of upper class life in Hong Kong and all the trappings that go with it. I found this part of the story much more compelling than the actual plot line to be honest, which felt a little uninspired and only really served as a way into the main characters’ lives. 

    My favorite episode was probably one that focuses on the protagonists’…