Favorite films

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  Barbie 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 04 Sep 2023

  Definitely glad I got to watch the movie after the hype went down because based on what everyone else was saying, I would’ve expected so much more from it. 

  Think I would’ve given the film a higher rating but the final 3rd of the film left a little something to be desired. Unfortunately this movie being a Barbie movie and ultimately a selling point for Mattel meant that any meaningful conversation about the patriarchy and consumerism was gonna be a…

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  Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 18 Jun 2023

  Gonna rewatch the movie once more to fully gather my thoughts on this but holy shit

Popular reviews

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  Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Nov 2022

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  Spoilers Obvi

  Given the incredible task of having to create a follow up film after the death of Chadwick, the fact that this movie is good in of itself is a miracle. But this movie is more then good, it’s brilliant. Ryan Coogler. The director that you are. 

  One of the main recurring motifs of Black Panther is death and mourning. T’Challa taking over after King T’Chaka, Ramonda taking over after T’Challa and Shuri after Ramonda. However, the very real…

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  The Woman King 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 25 Sep 2022

  Movie of the year quite honestly. Breathtaking from start to finish. The score, the costume, the world of Dahomey feels so complete and thought out. Don’t really care for action scenes in action movies but the combat in this was incredibly engaging. I was on the edge of my seat.

  Slight historical inaccuracies such as the reference of saving “All of Africa”. I don’t think Africa and an African identity as a concept existed yet, however these small things have…

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