Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Come and See 1985

  ★★★★½ Watched 24 Mar 2025

  Completely unrelenting. Every frame is filled with absolute desolation; the brutality, the emotions, the heavily muted colour palette that makes other colours, specifically the reds and oranges of fire and blood, stand out so much. The sound design is maybe the most harrowing part though, with the deafening sounds of bombs and gunshots rupturing not only the character’s hearing, but our own as well, and not only for a few moments but for uncomfortably long periods of time. Come and…

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  Persona 1966

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Mar 2025

  Absolutely amazing and incredibly interesting. Cant say that I understood everything going on and I probably never will, but I do have a ton of ideas running through my head and at least have somewhat of an interpretation that I can defend. The whole film feels like some extremely fucking bizarre fourth wall break in which as much as the two leads have their minds become increasingly intertwined, the viewer as this almost “third character” becomes intertwined with them too.…

Popular reviews

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  Barbie 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 20 Jul 2023

  Gotta have a little more thinking time to write a proper review for this but my initial thoughts is this was really good. The acting performances are OUTSTANDING, and I genuinely think Margot Robbie should have a real shot at going for the Oscar this year. The production design is incredible, which was obviously expected, it’s going to do well in all the design categories too. The comedy is also incredible, this is easily one of the funniest movies i’ve…

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  Saltburn 2023

  ★½ Watched 03 Jan 2024

  At one point Elspeth says “there’s absolutely nothing going on underneath.” That pretty much sums up this whole thing.

  This line and another scene towards the beginning convinced me that this film is supposed to be all style with 0 substance. I wasn’t liking the movie but I could at least respect that. And then the last 30-40 minutes happen and it’s extremely clear that this is trying to mean something but it doesn’t make any sense. Everything is completely…