The more you grow old, the more and more childhood feels like an ethereal place, a nostalgia-filled era where you had more time than you knew what to do with and the only thing that was remotely important to you was school, friends, and your life at home. Aftersun is about remembering those vague memories … Continue reading Aftersun
Silence
Foreword I'm gonna spoil the entire movie/book and I'm gonna be talking about god and Christianity in a very casual way. I decided to read the source material first before watching the movie I wanted to see how it would affect my opinion, to be truthful I liked the book more than Scorsese's adaptation mostly … Continue reading Silence
Noroi: the curse
More of a horror Mockumentary than a found footage film noroi is a story about a documentary crew investigating a so called paranormal activity when a family of 2 keeps hearing baby noises at night from her neighbors house even though they had no baby. It really tries to sell itself as a real documentary … Continue reading Noroi: the curse
The Battle of Algiers
★★★★★ "Its hard to start a revolution, even harder to continue it and hardest of all to win it. But its only afterwards when we have won that the true difficulties begin" -Ben M'Hidi Overview The battle of Algiers on the surface level its Algerians peoples struggle for freedom against french colonialism but taken as … Continue reading The Battle of Algiers
A Woman Under the Influence
★★★★ "A Woman Under the Influence" is a hard movie to watch both literally and emotionally Cassevetes really doesn't care what you think of the movie he just wants to make it because he wants to say something, which makes me admire and respect him a lot. I say that like I'm hooked at his … Continue reading A Woman Under the Influence
Double feature: Arrietty/My Neighbor the yamadas
Continuing my journey to 100% all ghibli movies this march batch of Netflix release of Ghibli movies Arrietty based on the borrowers an english book. Arrietty at first made me thought of the "arthur and the invisibles" movies i saw years ago what makes them different is that while a lesser movie would make the … Continue reading Double feature: Arrietty/My Neighbor the yamadas
Star Trek season 2
Come join me again as i explore an old sci fi classic, star trek season 2 months after the season 1 finished airing gene roddenberry is at it again, just a reminder that i'm not a star trek expert, consider me as a fresh new perspective on an old show. The quality has certainly improved … Continue reading Star Trek season 2
Jojo Rabbit
Taika watitis latest film is about a kid growing up in nazi germany, i liked it a lot not as much as what we do in the shadows or hunt for the wilderpeople but it's definitely up there, i feel like the balancing act between the comedy and the drama hurt it a little bit … Continue reading Jojo Rabbit
Leon the Professional
I finished growing up, leon. I just get older. Films about assassins most of the time have the same trope the assasin wants to retire either because they have found a new purpose in life like a hobby, lover, family or they just get old. Leon is the former and a little bit of the … Continue reading Leon the Professional
Double Feature: 1917/Birds of Prey
The most technically impressive film I've seen in a while though at times the commitment on having it all in one continues shot sometimes felt like a gimmick, the jarring overbearing music made it worse. aside from that it doesn't really have much to say. Roger deakins knows how to shoot a movie I don't … Continue reading Double Feature: 1917/Birds of Prey
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