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  Chizuko's Younger Sister 1991

  ★★★★½ Watched by Jessica Minster 23 Jun 2022

  Why, why, WHY is Nobuhiko Obayashi only known for "House" in the West for the most part? And why did I, ignoramus that I am, think that this would be similarly as weird or quirky? This has its moments of weirdness, its quirks, but something I've discovered now is that Obayashi was an incredibly multifaceted director that did much more than just confuse and delight audiences. I knew I wanted to look at more of the director's work once I…

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  Linda Linda Linda 2005

  ★★★★★ Watched by Jessica Minster 21 Jun 2022

  Most of the time I find myself watching films I had heard of many many years before getting around to watching them. Sometimes though, I just want to take all the pretension out of it and watch a film more or less "blind". I hadn't heard of "Linda Linda Linda" before today, and now I'm a big fan of this film. I was surprised at how slow and mature this whole thing is, somehow it feels even more mature than…

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  Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2018

  ★½ Watched by Jessica Minster 27 Jan 2019 1

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

  To quote William Friedkin, "If that is a masterpiece, then what is Citizen Kane?"

  This film is not only not the reinvigorating opus that everyone seems to think it is, it isn't even a particularly good movie.

  Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse suffers from a variety of problems that are too painfully obvious to ignore. Most noticeably: plot holes. The various Spider-People that Miles encounters in the film all seem to know where Miles and the others are at any point,…

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  The Act of Killing 2012

  ★★★★★ Added by Jessica Minster

  This is my all-time favorite film as of now. It is a true story that is so dramatic, so incredibly emotionally effective, you would swear that it was written. But what happens is better than someone could even write. It IS surreal, it IS terrifying and disgusting. And it's incredible. No other movie has ever captured this level of pure drama in such an intimate, brilliant, and horrifying way.