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  • Hour of the Star
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • The King of Comedy
  • One Sings, the Other Doesn't

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  • Juror #2

    ★★½

  • The Mirror Has Two Faces

    ★★★½

  • What's Up, Doc?

    ★★★★

  • I ♥ Huckabees

    ★★★

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  • Juror #2

    Juror #2

    ★★½

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

    toni collette realizing that married couples can have different last names, then panicking and googling "allison crewson + husband" only to be bombarded with pictures of the couple is hilariously stupid, it’s like discovering water is wet but needing visual proof just to make sure.

  • The Mirror Has Two Faces

    The Mirror Has Two Faces

    ★★★½

    my issue with the movie is that i don't think the protagonist was ever convincingly portrayed as 'ugly.'

    while the film tries to frame her insecurities as stemming from childhood trauma and constant comparisons with her mother and sister, this aspect feels underexplored.

    instead of diving deeper into how those experiences shaped her self-perception, the narrative focuses too heavily on her external transformation.

    by the end, the key takeaway seems to be that she needed to become conventionally attractive and…

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  • The Glory of Life

    The Glory of Life

    ★★★

    what i really appreciated was the portrayal of kafka as a nuanced human being, rather than the caricature biographers often depict.

    it presented him as someone who struggled with mental health issues and feelings of depression, yet remained a kind person who tragically died too young to achieve his dreams of becoming a writer.

    also, the movie shows the experience of a terminally ill person and the impact of their illness on their loved ones in a way that is truthful and heartbreaking.

  • Killers of the Flower Moon

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    ★★★★★

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

    scorsese is my favorite director ever since I watched hugo; it made my heart tingle and sparked my admiration for movies.

    interestingly, this felt like a deeply personal story to scorsese. almost four hours long, no glitz, no glamour, no big needle drops and no crazy camera moves, he put himself in the backseat, allowing the story and tragedy to carry themselves throughout the film. that is, until the very ending.

    initially, i didn't quite enjoy the ending; it felt…

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