Tag: film
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Blink Twice (2024) – Film Review
It’s been a while since a movie really caught my attention, but Blink Twice (2024) is one of the few recent releases that genuinely stands out. In a year full of remakes and predictable thrillers, Blink Twice actually has a pulse. It has intention. It has something to say. And most importantly, it sticks with you. The…
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Blink Twice (2024) – Film Review
It’s been a while since a movie really caught my attention, but Blink Twice (2024) is one of the few recent releases that genuinely stands out. In a year full of remakes and predictable thrillers, Blink Twice actually has a pulse. It has intention. It has something to say. And most importantly, it sticks with you. The…
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Zola (2020) Film Review
These two girls were perfectly cast. Like, disturbingly perfect. I finally got around to watching Zola. It’s been on my watch list for quite some time now. Zola is based on a real story first told in a viral Twitter thread, following a Hooters waitress who impulsively joins a stripper she barely knows on a trip to Tampa…
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The Beach (2003) Film Review
The Beach follows Richard, a young American backpacker traveling through Thailand who stumbles upon a secret island community living off the grid, untouched by tourists, money, or modern life. What begins as a dream of freedom and belonging slowly reveals itself to be something far darker, a closed system where idealism, denial, and fear quietly replace…
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How My Love for Film Started
My love for film started when I was a child, long before I ever understood what filmmaking even was. Growing up, we had movie nights every Friday. It was a whole ritual, the popcorn, VHS rentals, the excitement of picking something new at Blockbuster. My parents worked a lot and I never got to spend…
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Inglourious Basterds (2009) Film Review
Inglourious Basterds is not a war film. It doesn’t pretend to be responsible, educational, or historically faithful. And that’s exactly why it works. Quentin Tarantino isn’t interested in accuracy, he’s interested in emotional revenge. His favorite trope. This is a film about power, humiliation, storytelling, and what it feels like to watch evil finally lose control.…
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Scarface (1983) – My Film Review
I’m not usually a fan of violent or crime-related films. I’m actually anti-violence unless it’s in the context of fighting oppression. But Scarface is one of my biggest exceptions, and honestly, one of my favorite films as a film buff. There’s something about it that goes beyond the blood, beyond the guns, it’s entertaining, funny,…
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How The Social Network Keeps You Hooked: A Film Review
This was one of the most exciting films to come out of the 2010s,. On paper, a movie about the creation of Facebook and the fight over who actually owned it should’ve been boring. I honestly expected it to be like that. But it completely blew me away. There are so many reasons why this…
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Memoirs of a Geisha: My Film Review
Memoirs of a Geisha has been one of my favorite movies for as long as I can remember. Every time I rewatch it, it hits me the same way. The storytelling, the cinematography, the acting, everything feels intentional and deeply emotional. It’s one of those films where every scene feels like it was carefully thought…
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Film Review
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one of the rare sci-fi stories that has nothing to do with space or technology. Instead, it dives straight into the emotional architecture of the human mind. The film follows Joel and Clementine as they undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories, turning the breakup…
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American Honey (2016) Film Review
American Honey isn’t a feel-good road trip movie. It’s a portrait of lost youth with no safety net. The screenwriter Andrea Arnold strips the American dream down to its bones and shows what’s left when guidance, stability, and protection are missing. This is freedom born from neglect, not choice. The film is about a mixed-race teenage girl…
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The Dreamers (2003) – French New Wave Cinema
Synopsis: A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the ‘68 Paris student riots. I’ve always been deeply drawn to French cinema even as a child, and honestly I’m not a plot-driven viewer, I’m an atmosphere, psychology, and emotion-driven one. And…
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The Shape of Water (2017) Film Review
This isn’t a love story in the way people usually mean it. It’s a story about who gets to be loved at all. Guillermo del Toro doesn’t romanticize romance. He romanticizes the outcast. The quiet ones. The ones who don’t translate well. The ones the world keeps in the margins and then pretends not to see. This…
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Kill Bill – An Unexpected Childhood Classic for Me
Kill Bill was one of those movies I never expected to love as much as I did. As a kid, I didn’t fully understand all the symbolism, the genre-blending, or the emotional weight behind The Bride’s story but it was really cool for it’s time and there was definitely something about it that grabbed me…
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Enter The Void (2009) Film Review
Set in the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo, the story follows Oscar, a young American drug dealer, and his sister Linda, who works as a stripper. They are emotionally fused by shared childhood trauma and an unspoken promise to never abandon each other. Early in the film, Oscar smokes DMT, a powerful psychedelic substance known for…
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Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Film Review
The film follows a married couple, Bill (a doctor) and Alice Harford (a housewife). On the surface, they look like they’re doing well, until the party. A lavish, glittering night where small cracks start to show. Bill flirts comfortably with two models, almost on autopilot, while Alice lingers on the dance floor with another man a…
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Honestly, Vanessa 