Favorite films

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  Riddle of Fire 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 17 Sep 2023 1

  This won me over almost immediately. Just a genuine delight, kids having fun. Drawing from everything from slightly scary 70's Disney films like Escape To Witch Mountain, to Legend of Zelda and Little Rascals. The bad guys felt like they could have been ripped from a family friendly version of Mandy. And honest to god, very funny. The naturalistic dialogue from the kid actors, flubs and all, worked wonders here. The 16mm film is gorgeous, the soundtrack is awesome (dungeon…

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  Sleep 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 16 Sep 2023

  Tied with Naga for my favourite movie of TIFF. Able to flip on a dime from immensely tense suspense and horror to legitimately very funny comedy, sometimes in the same scene and from line to line. It’s all grounded by the incredibly charming and likeable leads. 

  More horror movies should have high-stakes power point presentations.

Popular reviews

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  Speak No Evil 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Sep 2022 7

  Learning how to say “No” is so important.

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  Deadstream 2022

  ★★★★½ Added 7

  Just a goddamn hoot. This whole thing hinges on whether you find the beleaguered youtube streamer host too annoying to watch or not, but he worked for me. Impressive amount of cool gross monsters + nasty physical comedy. Silly fun! I love that we're getting more goofy horror movies lately, i missed them.

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