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  The Monkey 2025

  ★★½ Watched 24 Mar 2025

  hm. i mean, i guess i get what osgood perkins was going for — using the monkey as a representation for how different people process death, but any connection to grief and loss is ultimately lost on me. tonally, it's all over the place: perkins' knack for psychological, atmospheric dread layered on top of the sick irony proving a fatal mismatch, and because of that the entire script just feels awkward and stilted. it's also edited very strangely; making up…

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  Planet of the Apes 1968

  ★★★★½ Watched 22 Mar 2025 2

  i went into this knowing the twist, which i've seen a hundred times at this point, but goddamn. that first half hour with taylor, dodge and landon exploring a completely terraformed new york city — in its canyons, lakes and waterfalls — really convinces you that earth is completely alien. the way it carefully constructs its story really gets you thinking if the apes on earth are a sign of humanity regressing or evolving. have they nuked themselves so badly to…

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  Inside Out 2 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Jun 2024 3

  okay but riley being an anxiety-ridden people pleaser??? now that's what i call representation!

  'inside out' is such a special movie to me because of how timeless it feels watching it both as a kid and an adult. so i was a bit nervous to see if pixar would be able to reproduce such a deeply moving film nine years on and i can safely say that (despite mixed results) they've done it again! because even when a lot of…

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  Nimona 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 01 Jul 2023

  WOW! one of the first films of my summer and it fucking ROCKS.

  'nimona' breaks down all the barriers of animation and also destroys stereotypes about all of the themes it tackles. gorgeous, groundbreaking animation perfectly portrays its hybrid medieval/modern theme and fully realizes the world it's set in. who knew chloë grace moretz and riz ahmed would slot right into an animated film seamlessly and share so much chemistry between them??? hats off to those two (and 'the try…