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Stan Lee 3
Avi Arad 3
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Songs
Kumaar 2
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Sound
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Makeup
Wes Dawn 2
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Hairstyling
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Studios
BBC Film 2
2021
Aswin Sivaraman’s year in film
Highest rated films
By week
- 85 Films watched
- 7.1 Average per month
- 1.6 Average per week
- 3 Lists created
- 0.2 Average per month
- 0.1 Average per week
Milestones
First Film

Jan 1
Last Film

Dec 30
Diary Milestones

Genres, countries & languages
Breakdown
2021 Releases Older
Watches Re-watches
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Stars
Directors
Crew & studios
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Add. Directing
Jeffrey Chernov 5.0
Larry J. Franco 5.0
Michael Steele 5.0
Deepak Nayar 5.0
Richard Oswald 5.0
Edward Hearn 5.0
Win Phelps 5.0
James Fargo 5.0
Alan Brimfeld 5.0
Yoon Young-woo 4.5
Lee Jung-hoon 4.5
Kim Seong-sik 4.5
Brendan Lee 4.5
George Every 4.5
Glenn R. Wilder 4.5
Herb Gains 4.5
Vic Armstrong 4.5
Efren del Moral 4.5
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Producers
Lawrence Turman 5.0
David Foster 5.0
Stuart Cohen 5.0
Joel Silver 5.0
Lawrence Gordon 5.0
Beau Marks 5.0
Gregg Hale 5.0
Robin Cowie 5.0
Michael Monello 5.0
Johanna Ray 5.0
Francis Bouygues 5.0
Gregg Fienberg 5.0
John Wentworth 5.0
Buster Keaton 5.0
Robert Daley 5.0
Bong Joon-ho 4.5
Moon Yang-kwon 4.5
Jang Young-hwan 4.5
Kwak Sin-ae 4.5
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Exec. Producers
Wilbur Stark 5.0
Charles Gordon 5.0
Bob Eick 5.0
Kevin J. Foxe 5.0
Mark Frost 5.0
David Lynch 5.0
Mark Ritchie 5.0
Miky Lee 4.5
Heo Min-heoi 4.5
Lim Myeong-gyun 4.5
Lila Yacoub 4.5
Tim Haslam 4.5
Ollie Madden 4.5
Hugo Grumbar 4.5
Daniel Battsek 4.5
Lauren Dark 4.5
Paul Grindey 4.5
James Cameron 4.5
Andrew G. Vajna 4.5
Steve Chasman 4.5
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Writers
Bill Lancaster 5.0
Jeb Stuart 5.0
Daniel Myrick 5.0
Eduardo Sánchez 5.0
Mark Frost 5.0
David Lynch 5.0
Robert Engels 5.0
Clyde Bruckman 5.0
Buster Keaton 5.0
Philip Kaufman 5.0
Sonia Chernus 5.0
Bong Joon-ho 4.5
Han Jin-won 4.5
Greta Gerwig 4.5
Jemaine Clement 4.5
Taika Waititi 4.5
Florian Zeller 4.5
W. Peter Iliff 4.5
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Original Writers
Roderick Thorp 5.0
Al Boasberg 5.0
Forrest Carter 5.0
Kim Dae-hwan 4.5
Florian Zeller 4.5
Philip K. Dick 4.5
Carl Bernstein 4.5
Bob Woodward 4.5
Éric Besnard 4.5
Aravind Adiga 4.5
Tooru Shinohara 4.5
Aoi Hiiragi 4.0
Chetan Bhagat 4.0
Elmore Leonard 4.0
Lee Hae-jun 4.0
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Casting
Anita Dann 5.0
Jackie Burch 5.0
Ferne Cassel 5.0
Johanna Ray 5.0
Elaine J. Huzzar 5.0
Heidi Walker 5.0
Jack Kosslyn 5.0
Jordan Thaler 4.5
Ben Harris 4.5
Heidi Griffiths 4.5
Loren Taylor 4.5
Sharon Bialy 4.5
Richard Pagano 4.5
Judy Taylor 4.5
Mike Fenton 4.5
Valorie Massalas 4.5
Alan Shayne 4.5
Tess Joseph 4.5
Diana Rowan 4.5
Takashi Ueno 4.5
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Editors
Todd C. Ramsay 5.0
John F. Link 5.0
Daniel Myrick 5.0
Eduardo Sánchez 5.0
Mary Sweeney 5.0
Buster Keaton 5.0
Sherman Kell 5.0
Ferris Webster 5.0
Frank J. Urioste 4.8
Yang Jin-mo 4.5
Nick Houy 4.5
Jonathan Woodford-Robinson 4.5
Yana Gorskaya 4.5
Tom Eagles 4.5
Yorgos Lamprinos 4.5
Bert Lovitt 4.5
Carlos Puente 4.5
Robert L. Wolfe 4.5
James Herbert 4.5
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Cinematography
Dean Cundey 5.0
Jan de Bont 5.0
Neal Fredericks 5.0
Bert Haines 5.0
Bruce Surtees 5.0
Lawrence Sher 5.0
Hong Kyung-pyo 4.5
Sam Levy 4.5
Richard Bluck 4.5
DJ Stipsen 4.5
Ben Smithard 4.5
Jost Vacano 4.5
Gordon Willis 4.5
Gary B. Kibbe 4.5
Alan Stewart 4.5
Paolo Carnera 4.5
Norman Warwick 4.5
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Add. Photography
Raymond Stella 5.0
Cyrus Block 5.0
Thomas Marshall 5.0
Mark Walthour 5.0
Ray Kinzer 5.0
Michael Scott 5.0
M. Todd Henry 5.0
Ed Ayer 5.0
Michael Ferris 5.0
Hector Lopez 5.0
John Buckley 5.0
Ryan Purcell 5.0
Shade Rupe 5.0
Dan Kneece 5.0
Stephen Les 5.0
Tasso Bravos 5.0
T.J. Williams 5.0
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Production Design
John J. Lloyd 5.0
Jackson DeGovia 5.0
Ben Rock 5.0
Patricia Norris 5.0
Tambi Larsen 5.0
Lee Ha-jun 4.5
Chris Jones 4.5
Ra Vincent 4.5
Peter Francis 4.5
Peter Jamison 4.5
William Sandell 4.5
George Jenkins 4.5
Jeff Ginn 4.5
Martyn John 4.5
Chad Keith 4.5
Jūshō Toda 4.5
Jason Kisvarday 4.0
Sumit Basu 4.0
Paul McCulloch 4.0
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Art Direction
Henry Larrecq 5.0
John R. Jensen 5.0
Craig Edgar 5.0
Ricardo Moreno 5.0
Fred Gabourie 5.0
Mo So-ra 4.5
Courtney Fain 4.5
Astrid Sieben 4.5
Amanda Dazely 4.5
John Huke 4.5
Pamela Marcotte 4.5
James E. Tocci 4.5
Judy Cammer 4.5
Peter Grundy 4.5
Adam Faux 4.5
Tiya Tejpal 4.5
Yasmin Sethi 4.5
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Set Decoration
Graeme Murray 5.0
John M. Dwyer 5.0
Philip Leonard 5.0
E.C. Chen 5.0
Mike Malone 5.0
Leslie Morales 5.0
Audrey Stanzler 5.0
Harry Roselotte 5.0
Charles Pierce 5.0
Cho Won-woo 4.5
Song Suk-ki 4.5
Noh Seung-goog 4.5
Traci Spadorcia 4.5
Gerald Palone 4.5
Keith Balser 4.5
Camilo Castano 4.5
Chase Cushing 4.5
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Special Effects
Roy Arbogast 5.0
Lee Routly 5.0
Al Di Sarro 5.0
Gunter Simon 5.0
Bob McCarthy 5.0
Bob Riggs 5.0
Sabrina McCarthy 5.0
Del Reahm 5.0
Terry Shattuck 5.0
A. Paul Pollard 5.0
R.A. MacDonald 5.0
Terry D. Frazee 4.5
Thomas L. Fisher 4.5
Scott R. Fisher 4.5
Mike Elizalde 4.5
Henry Millar 4.5
George Blackwell 4.5
Rene Diamante 4.0
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Visual Effects
Albert Whitlock 5.0
Henry Schoessler 5.0
Richard Edlund 5.0
Brent Boates 5.0
Matthew Yuricich 5.0
Hong Jeong-ho 4.5
Moon Sung-oh 4.5
Peter Ahn 4.5
Ha Jae-gu 4.5
Cheong Hyun-jun 4.5
Jay Seung Jaegal 4.5
Jang Mi-jin 4.5
Jung Yeon-tae 4.5
Kim Bok-yung 4.5
Kim Tae-hyung 4.5
Lee Sang-yeol 4.5
Jeong Min-hyuk 4.5
Park Hwon 4.5
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Stunts
Larry Holt 5.0
Melvin Jones 5.0
Denver Mattson 5.0
Jerry Wills 5.0
Eric Mansker 5.0
Rock A. Walker 5.0
Kent Hays 5.0
Ken Strain 5.0
Anthony Cecere 5.0
Clint Rowe 5.0
Charlie Picerni 5.0
George P. Wilbur 5.0
Gilbert B. Combs 5.0
Kurt Bryant 5.0
Victor Paul 5.0
Peter McKernan 5.0
Jon H. Epstein 5.0
Jeff Smolek 5.0
Hannah Kozak 5.0
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Choreography
Ranju Varghese 4.0
Avit Dias 4.0
Raju Sundaram 4.0
Ahmed Khan 4.0
Kalyan Kumar 3.5
Ladislav Beran 3.5
Greg Graham 3.5
Farah Khan 3.2
Bosco Martis 3.2
Caesar Gonsalves 3.2
Wayne McGregor 3.0
Zachary Woodlee 3.0
Hermes Pan 2.5
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Composers
Alan Howarth 5.0
Ennio Morricone 5.0
Michael Kamen 5.0
Tony Cora 5.0
Jerry Fielding 5.0
John Carpenter 4.8
Jon Brion 4.5
Ludovico Einaudi 4.5
Jerry Goldsmith 4.5
David Shire 4.5
Jim Lang 4.5
Chris Benstead 4.5
Danny Bensi 4.5
Ryuichi Sakamoto 4.5
Vishal Dadlani 4.5
Shekhar Ravjiani 4.5
Basil Kirchin 4.5
Shunsuke Kikuchi 4.5
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Songs
Lee Ji-hye 4.5
Swanand Kirkire 4.0
Vairamuthu 4.0
Kabilan 4.0
Na. Muthu Kumar 4.0
Sam Ashworth 3.5
Gulzar 3.5
Travis Scott 3.0
Jaideep Sahni 3.0
Kausar Munir 3.0
Prashant Ingole 3.0
Vignesh Shivan 3.0
Sam C S 3.0
Muthamil 3.0
Mohan Rajan 3.0
Santhosh Varma 3.0
Rafeeq Ahammed 3.0
Anupam Roy 3.0
A. M. Turaz 3.0
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Sound
Colin C. Mouat 5.0
Steve Maslow 5.0
Don J. Bassman 5.0
Richard Overton 5.0
Robert Renga 5.0
Kevin F. Cleary 5.0
Craig Heath 5.0
Catherine Shorr 5.0
David E. Stone 5.0
Elisabeth Flaum 5.0
Eddie Bydalek 5.0
Jack Sherdel 5.0
David Lynch 5.0
Michael Semanick 5.0
Douglas Murray 5.0
James Lebrecht 5.0
Dan Olmsted 5.0
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Costume Design
Trish Keating 5.0
Ronald I. Caplan 5.0
Gilbert Loe 5.0
Marilyn Vance 5.0
Patricia Norris 5.0
Amy Stofsky 5.0
Glenn Wright 5.0
Choi Se-yeon 4.5
April Napier 4.5
Sarah Tickal 4.5
Colby P. Bart 4.5
Louis Infante 4.5
Joan Thomas 4.5
Bernie Pollack 4.5
Stephanie Collie 4.5
Karan Johar 4.5
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Makeup
Ken Chase 5.0
Phyllis Newman 5.0
Scott H. Eddo 5.0
Jim Kail 5.0
Joe McKinney 5.0
Rob Bottin 4.8
Wes Dawn 4.8
Kwak Tae-yong 4.5
Kim Seo-young 4.5
Lee Hee-eun 4.5
Hwang Hyo-kyun 4.5
Bae Kyung-hye 4.5
Nadia Stacey 4.5
Tahira Herold 4.5
Michael Mills 4.5
Greg LaCava 4.5
Jeff Dawn 4.5
Craig Berkeley 4.5
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Hairstyling
Josée Normand 5.0
Brent Lavett 5.0
Paul Abascal 4.8
Lara Cilento 4.5
Aubrey Marie 4.5
Nadia Stacey 4.5
Bunny Parker 4.5
Peter Tothpal 4.5
Michael White 4.5
Romaine Greene 4.5
Lynda Gurasich 4.5
James D. Brown 4.5
Glenis Daly 4.5
Peter Kukla 4.0
Joy Zapata 4.0
Renate Leuschner 4.0
Kim Santantonio 4.0
Judy Crown 4.0
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Studios
Province of BC, Ministry of Tourism, Film Promotion Office 5.0
Silver Pictures 5.0
Gordon Company 5.0
Haxan Films 5.0
CiBy 2000 5.0
Joseph M. Schenck Productions 5.0
Amazon Music 5.0
Barunson E&A 4.5
IAC Films 4.5
Unison Films 4.5
Defender Films 4.5
Resnick Interactive Development 4.5
Funny or Die 4.5
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This plays out exactly like the poetry I used to write back in high school. Yes there is beauty, yes there prosody, but also it definitely sounds like it was written by a fifteen year old.
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