Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Avatar: The Way of Water 2022

  Watched 19 Dec 2022

  Saw this on a Monday, which happens to be the day that movies are free for senior citizens in our city, so the cinema was pretty packed. The old lady next to me brought Chinese takeout — and she nodded to sleep for a good twenty minutes in the middle of the film — and then when she woke up, she would exclaim and describe what was happening onscreen to her awake, non-blind elderly companions. And all the underwater scenes…

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  Triangle of Sadness 2022

  Watched 01 Dec 2022

  I BELIEVE IN DOLLY DE LEON SUPREMACY

Popular reviews

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  Arrival 2016

  Watched 18 Feb 2017

  A slow-moving but quietly smart sci-fi piece, with ideas on time, language, and communication that thrilled the lingo geek in me.

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  Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2016

  Watched 17 Nov 2016 1

  As much as I tried to be open-minded about it, Fantastic Beasts etc. was all effects, but no magic.