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Favorite films

  • Chungking Express
  • Carlos
  • The Sacrifice
  • Y Tu Mamá También

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  • Kung Fu Hustle

    ★★★½

  • Sinners

    ★★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    ★★★★

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Carlos

2010

★★★★★ Liked 2

Guerrilla war struggle is a new entertainment 

Gang of Four- 5:45

Terror itself is a commodity. There is value in the violence. Not the aftermath- the extinguished life, nor the damaged structure. The value of terror is in the spectacle. Carlos shoots right between the nose, not for effectiveness, but for the brutal spectacle. As often we expect from the movies pink mist sprays out from the back of their heads, but here it is real. We are consumers of…

Burning

2018

★★★★★ Liked 3

Perfectly captures the essence of Murakami. A dreamlike trance that makes you question what is real and what is paranoia. The droning of the sleepy jazz, and the muted vibrance of the dusk created and atmosphere that perfectly matched this story. The first half while somewhat visually similar to the rest of the movie perfectly flows from a light, yet well written drama, into  the hitchcockesque nightmare near the end. This film felt like a fever dream in the best way possible.

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Sinners

2025

★★★★½ Liked Watched

This is Hollywood’s Yeezus

Mickey 17

2025

★★★ Watched

Midkey 17

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Oldboy

2003

★★★★½ Liked 27

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

From Dusk Till Dawn

1996

★★★★ Liked 5

Quentin Tarantino plays a foot obsessed pervert in this movie. Life often imitates art. Art often imitated life.