Favorite films

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  The Personal History of David Copperfield 2019

  ★★★★½ Watched by Sam 22 May 2022

  Is it bad that I kindof sympathise with Uriah Heep? I feel like it's bad that I kind of sympathise with him.

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  Ant-Man and the Wasp 2018

  ★★★★ Watched by Sam 20 May 2022

  Oh to be a giant ant eating Lucky Charms and playing Rock Band.

Popular reviews

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  Lady Bird 2017

  ★★★★½ Watched by Sam 15 Mar 2019 3

  There, Panicky, I've finally watched it instead of just reading the script!

  After yesterday's Hashtag-Instaselfie dialogue in Assassination Nation, this was an extremely refreshing palate cleanser.

  The dynamic between mother and daughter here reminds me a lot of my sister's relationship with my mother when she was around this age, but she doesn't see that so I'm probably misremembering?

  Anyway, yes, excellent.

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  Under the Shadow 2016

  ★★★★★ Watched by Sam 10 Feb 2019 2

  Smarter people than me will have dissected the symbolism of this and the unique frame of reference that comes with a horror film set in Iran. All I can say is that I loved this and then ramble about some personal stuff that's mostly irrelevant.

  I loved this.

  I grew up in 1990's Jordan (and, much later, Palestine) where belief in the Djinn was pretty widespread. I remember jumping over the first tile in the bathroom because that's where some…