Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  Parasite 2019

  ★★★★★ Watched 01 Mar 2021

  par·​a·​site - an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.

  I don't know how I put off watching this for so long. Better late than never, I guess. Super glad I bought this during the Criterion flash sale. I'll review the special features in a few, especially the director commentary and Bong's Master Class from the Lumiere Festival.

  But this film was amazing! Everything…

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  Wildlife 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 20 Jan 2021

  Scavenger Hunt #69 // December 2020
  Day 11: Watch a film with exactly 2 actors on the LB poster

  Wow, a very honest, moving film! Paul Dano should really direct another film soon, I'd like to see what original or adaptive ideas he has. His screenwriting work, alongside his partner Zoe Kazan, is amazing. All the actors, especially Oxenbould, Mulligan, and Camp, performed excellently and gave it their all. Gyllenhaal is good as usual, but that goes without saying lately.…

Recent reviews

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  A Brooklyn Love Story 2024

  ★ Watched 24 Jan 2025

  I went out of my way to fix the TMDB database and add this to LB just to give it this one star

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  The Slashening 2015

  Watched 30 Dec 2024

  What better way to watch this than in the director's very own living room?

Popular reviews

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  Elvis Lives! 2016

  ★½ Watched 22 Jan 2021

  I was searching for some bad movies to watch because I've seen too many good movies and shows lately. And then this beautiful bastard landed on my screen and I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. I managed to do neither.

  This is one of those movies that I feel like exist purely for the director/writer's pleasure of seeing their bizarre, conspiracy theory be played out and "come true". I'd be remiss if I didn't research who the…

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  Mary and The Witch's Flower 2017

  ★★★½ Rewatched 06 Nov 2020

  This was the first Japanese animated film I'd ever seen. I first watched it in the movie theaters, back in 2018. It was magnificent to see it in IMAX HD. A great theater-going experience. Watching it again on Netflix Party with my girlfriend takes away some of the magic, but still a good watch.

  The English dubbing (which is the only version available on Netflix) is actually quite good. Kate Winslet is an amazing villain, feigning kindness while still exerting…