Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Oldboy 2003

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 30 Aug 2023

  Just as incredible and fresh as the first time, this film in a way birthed Park Chan-Wook as the auteur we know today, with him stating this was the film that finally got him to realize how he wanted to make films from then on. And dear god what a masterpiece to start that run with. While with films like Decision to Leave, Thirst, and of course The Handmaiden, he’d show how he was one of the best in the…

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  Casting Blossoms to the Sky 2012

  ★★★★ Watched 11 Aug 2023

  At times it drags with its length, and the re-telling of the documenting of real stories can get a bit too direct for such a uniquely visual director, but its hard to not fall in love with its ending which feels incredibly powerful and hits so hard.

  If anything I would've loved to see more of the movie focused on the play alone because when it hits its peak, its gorgeous. Its hard to not feel Obayashi's passion for peace…

Popular reviews

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  Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion 1997

  ★★★★★ Watched 30 Nov 2021

  A harrowing tale of depression, PTSD, the cruelty of man, self-extinction, and the nuclear holocaust. If the ending of the series is about finding hope in connections…this is about the cruelty of man being our own self-destruction. The reason men die before they should, the reason we’ve weaponized the ability to destroy the world, all in some gross desire to live beyond others. To crush our enemies. While not realizing that is the reason we are not happy.

  A gorgeous…

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  Shin Kamen Rider 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 31 May 2023 4

  This movie contains:

  -Hyperviolence
  -Gay bonding on motorcycles
  -An opening that makes you feel like you somehow missed an entire 10 min prelude
  -Purposefully cheesy and fun practical effects
  -CGI that is so rubbery it looks like it was left over from the Agent Smith fight in Matrix Reloaded
  -Unique shots from go pros
  -Great set design
  -Lots of upwards shots of people jumping
  -Some excellent blocking
  -And a backflip done after explaining a father’s death

  In other words, it…