Samuel Zhu

Samuel Zhu

Favorite films

  • Past Lives
  • The Taste of Things

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  • Opus

    ★★★½

  • No Other Land

  • Universal Language

    ★★★½

  • Emilia Pérez

    ★★

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  • Opus

    Opus

    ★★★½

    Had no idea I was walking into, and probably wouldn’t’ve gone if I had. Beautifully shot, score was excellent, with an ending that did indeed make you think. Not exactly what I had pictured for a review of a thriller but here we are ig

  • Universal Language

    Universal Language

    ★★★½

    The part that I was awake for was delightful. Some of the dream sequences threw me off though

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  • Sight

    Sight

    ★★★

    Listen is this a great movie? Meh. But as someone who grew up on Kirk Cameron’s Left Behind movies and Facing the Giants, this is an above average Christian film. Sure, the first two acts felt like an overt commentary on current American politics (though watching the movie with my mom definitely could have heightened my sensitivity), but the last act dropped almost all references to the cultural revolution.
    Three stars for Ben Wang’s impeccable Mandarin, even if his accent is far too northern to play someone from Hangzhou.

  • All of Us Strangers

    All of Us Strangers

    ★★★★

    Grief has never looked this sexy