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  • Old Joy
  • The Return
  • An Elephant Sitting Still
  • Holiday

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  • The Wind Rises

    ★★★½

  • Elemental

    ★★

  • Soul

    ★★★★★

  • Annette

    ★★★½

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  • Aftersun

    Aftersun

    ★★★★½

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

    Calum and I are both 31, fathers, and have dangerous mental health issues. I often describe my children as my “Spring of Hope”, as my purpose to persevere. They are, and will always be, the best thing I’ve ever done with my life. 

    Like Calum, I hide pieces of myself from my children, the pieces that I’m ashamed of, the messy bits. I try my damndest to curate an image of a father, that in their memories, they will remember…

  • Skinamarink

    Skinamarink

    ★★★★

    What Jaws did to swimming in the ocean, Skinamarink did to midnight potty trips

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  • The Wind Rises

    The Wind Rises

    ★★★½

    Miyazaki’s Oppenheimer

    (I watched the English sub and found it quite off-putting)

  • Elemental

    Elemental

    ★★

    Pixar when it's Brad Bird, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, or John Lasseter: 😁

    Pixar when it's anyone else: ☹️

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  • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

    Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

    ★★★★½

    My Reaction: "Holy shit, this will be a staple of our household. I fucking loved this."

    5 Year Old Son's Reaction: "It was okay, I didn't like the blood and the wolf was scary"

  • Babylon

    Babylon

    ★★★★

    I think this Damien guy loves cinema. 

    A rewatch is required to completely absorb the sheer amount of spectacle I just witnessed.