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  Babylon 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Jan 2023

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

  I know it kind of misses the point of the story and its themes, especially based off the third act, but if I could ever live inside a film... *sigh* I just want to dance with Margot Robbie in that first party sequence, man. Like, you know how people were supposedly killing themselves after seeing Avatar because they couldn't live in Pandora? Well, this is my Avatar.

  What if I told you that extravagance is good, actually?

  With shades of…

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  Jelly 2022

  ★★½ Watched 23 Jan 2023

  It's sweet but much, much, much too long at 15-minutes for a film with such a thin plot. Would have been a lot punchier at only half the length, but ends up being quite repetitive. Decent direction though.

Popular reviews

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  Black Swan 2010

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 28 Mar 2013 7

  Every time I see 'Black Swan' again, I succumb to its beautifully dark and sinister spell some more. I cannot pick any fault with it, and every aspect - be it technical or narrative-based - doesn't only make me fall in love with Darren Aronofsky's masterpiece a little bit more, but it makes me fall in love with cinema a lot more (I didn't think it was possible).

  Because a masterpiece, a cinematic tour de force and a pure example…

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  American Beauty 1999

  ★★★★★ Watched 29 Jan 2013 7

  INT. MORRISONS SUPERMARKET - EVENING

  A shabby looking young man is pushing a trolley down the frozen food aisle of MORSSIONS SUPERMARKET with a lack of interest. His trolley is full of typical unhealthy food which is often associated to students - microwave meals and pot noodles.

  He comes out of the aisle, and tries desperately not to make eye contact or even acknowledge other BORED SHOPPERS, he notices the DVD BARGAIN BIN. The BARGAIN BIN is full of DANNY…