Korlis

Freelance writer. Film fan, gamer, and sumo watcher.

Favorite films

  • Tokyo Godfathers
  • The Death of Stalin
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  • Supermarket Woman

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  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie

    ★★

  • Cocaine Bear

    ★★★

  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

    ★★★½

  • Smoke Signals

    ★★★½

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  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie

    The Super Mario Bros. Movie

    ★★

    I wonder how many stars I'd give this without all the obnoxious needle drops

  • Cocaine Bear

    Cocaine Bear

    ★★★

    Snakes on a Plane is the inevitable comparison, right? A hilarious slash strangely compelling premise that the actual film fails to deliver on. It's better than Snakes, sure, and is punctuated by moments that sell the concept. But any time those moments threaten to turn it into a good movie the meandering crime B-plot staggers in to squander that promise.

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  • The Last Dance

    The Last Dance

    ★★★★

    Most of Juzo Itami's films are, in some way, critical of Japanese society - whether it's yakuza, politicians, the police, or something more minor and intricate. It took a while for me to realise where The Last Dance (aka Daibyouin, "The Seriously Ill Patient") was going. It's actually a plot hook that appeared in A Taxing Woman 2: a patient whose cancer diagnosis is withheld from them, and kept secret.

    Until this film, and a little research, I didn't realise…

  • Project A

    Project A

    ★★★★½

    I love '80s Jackie Chan and this feels like him at his peak. Somehow, it had completely passed me by and it was only recently that I discovered this film, and its sequel, even existed. What a treat! I may like this even more than Police Story. Just non-stop vintage action, stunts, and comedy.