Favorite films

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  The Discarnates 1988

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 21 Nov 2021 8

  Nostalgia is usually emanated within happiness, filled with a yearning to return and relive a time so dear to oneself. It is typically instilled with a mentality full of positive feelings and Nobuhiko Obayashi certainly is no stranger to this, often filming past time periods in a manner that reflects childhood impulses alongside an overall fascination with the world that is shaped by a youthful consciousness. Yet with The Discarnates, Obayashi taps into a completely different side of nostalgia that…

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  Blade Runner 1982

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 28 Sep 2017 8

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

  “Quite an experience to live in fear isn’t it? That’s what it is to be a slave.”

  With Denis Villeneuve’s sequel Blade Runner: 2049 coming up, it never felt more an appropriate time to revisit the special gem that is the Final Cut version of the 1982 classic Blade Runner. A landmark of the science-fiction genre and the film that gave birth to cyberpunk, Blade Runner’s influence is colossal and its ideas feel more relevant now than ever. I was…

Recent reviews

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  Oppenheimer 2023

  ★★★★ Rewatched 30 Jul 2023 2

  Drifts here and there in its historical recollections, but when focused it’s a feat to behold in its sprawling density. Nolan’s exploration of the chain of politics alongside the discovery is both thrilling and terrifying in its magnitude. Was initially a bit disappointed by how Nolan only hints at the physical disfiguration the bomb caused in a few moments of surrealism, but now I think there’s a smart weight to their brevity and implications - heightened by the abrasive sounds.…

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  Barbie 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Jul 2023

  Genuinely one of the best satires I’ve seen in a long time, very cool to see a film with this much Demy influence be a crowd hit too

  Ryan Gosling MVP, absolutely legendary comedic timing

Popular reviews

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  The Master 2012

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 08 Nov 2017 16

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

  "I am a writer, a doctor, a nuclear physicist, a theoretical philosopher...but above all I am a man. A hopelessly inquisitive man just like you."

  It’s been a while since I’ve been tempted to write a long spoiler review for a film I truly love with all my heart. Well, after rewatching The Master, I’m happy to say that feeling is back and a long spoiler review has been written.

  War harms the very best of us. It strips us…

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  Paths of Glory 1957

  ★★★★★ Watched 19 May 2017 6

  [This review isn't great, but I like to think of it as a time capsule of my feelings back then]

  "Gentlemen of the court, there are times that I'm ashamed to be a member of the human race and this is one such occasion."

  As soon as this film ended and as soon as I wiped away the tears, I sat there astonished. There are not many films that are able to do that but Paths of Glory absolutely did.…