Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea 2006

  ★★½ Watched 25 Nov 2023

  This is another one of those movies I watched for a Discord movie night.

  I'm not the biggest Pokémon fan, and I never kept up with the lore of the shows and movies, but I've seen a couple of the earlier Pokémon films (and part of whatever that one was for Hoopla), and I feel like they all blow this one out of the water in terms of story and intrigue.

  It's a nothing-ass movie where Ash, Brock, and Dawn…

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  The House That Jack Built 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 24 Nov 2023

  “The old cathedrals often have sublime artworks hidden away in the darkest corners for only God to see… or whatever one feels like calling the great architect behind it all. The same goes for murder.”

  
  I think this movie is fantastic with Matt Dillon’s stellar lead performance and the very intricate organization of the whole narrative being the two aspects that particularly shine the most, but I’m so fucking glad I went into this movie completely blind.
  If I had…

Popular reviews

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  Down and Dirty Duck 1974

  ★★★½ Added

  The duck is trans.
  That's not wishful thinking. The duck IS trans.

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  Bullet Train 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 06 Nov 2023

  “You see, tentoumushi is not lucky. It holds all the bad luck so that others may live in peace.”

  
  Edgar Wright in the presentation and comedic timing.

  Tarantino in the exploitation cheese.

  David Leitch in the… wait, this was directed by David Leitch…

  
  Uhhh…
  David Fincher in the…

  Brad Pitt.

  
  
  

  
  Yeah.

  
  By the way, this is unironically the best ’Jojolion’ prequel film I could’ve ever asked for.

  84/100; Murder on the Orientalism Express