Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Order 2024

  ★★★ Watched 05 Dec 2024

  First time ever in my life where I wasn’t rooting for the bank robbers.

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  Dìdi (弟弟) 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Aug 2024

  Life can be rough… but it sucks a lot less if you love your mom.

Popular reviews

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  Shithouse 2020

  ★ Watched 07 Dec 2020 1

  A neurotic, condescending pussy goes away to college and gets homesick. He meets a somewhat complex but still uninteresting manic pixie dream(ish) girl, has a magical night with her, and is madly in love by the next morning. This much I could’ve handled, but everything that came afterwards was a cringefest in the worst possible way (the totally bizarre coda especially). Somehow the talking stuffed animal was the only character who came out of this dud unscathed. 

  Best scene: When our hero…

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  The Irishman 2019

  ★★★★★ Watched 27 Sep 2019 6

  After anticipating this like a madman for nearly a decade, I'm glad to confirm that all my hopes and dreams came true and it's a masterpiece.

  The storytelling structure is mostly in the same vein as GoodFellas and Casino, but with much more room to breathe (which makes sense when you consider the runtime). Less needle drops, more contemplation. Many brilliant scenes, some very intense moments, an insane amount of hilarious moments... and of course Scorsese directs the absolute hell…