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Anyone else ship eve and the ballerina that got away.... Idk I was totally thinking they were setting up her being in danger and her protecting her

Also "let me be frank" and the focus on Frank's name tag was absolute cinema

I thought the Dakota Johnson charecter and performance was stellar. Her detached scientific view of dating and romance, her monologues about business transactions and morgues were stellar. The film grain of it all added so much texture. Not the biggest fan of the tired ending it had.. I was kinda hoping she'd realize that neither are the best for her and she'd set Sophie up with Chris Evans. I definitely hate that she quit her job like come onnn.

Rose Tico mentioned!!!!!

Arthur Gwenieviere and Lancelot my beloved....

Other than the plane scene and the like 5 minutes Trammell Tillman was on screen this movie was so boring. Just so much exposition and callbacks to movies I had not seen and done to death action and drama.

Andor... Nooo

The only thing I didn't like was there were point were jack Quaid was a lil too jack quaidy for the tone of the movie but I loved Sophie Thatcher's performance a lot!!!

I watched because Tony Gilroy mentioned how big of an inspiration it was for andor. This movie is a masterpiece. I neeed more people to watch this, obviously leftists are gonna love it but I do think it's important for every American and every beneficiary of empire to watch this and see themselves as the enemy. Matthieu's cold complex nature really added a lot, and the glamorization of violence against settlers was something I hadn't seen a lot of in cinema before. I guess I was shocked that a film this radical would be something so well known and popular amongst filmmakers like Lucas and Gilroy but I'm so glad it is. Please watch this!!

This movie was so good likeee 2012 era avengers fandom were so back!!! Except this time instead of Joss Whedon slop we get compelling charecters, a female lead with a really good arc, themes that actually hit and say something somewhat meaningful, and really good practical fight scenes!

Julia Louis Dreyfus shines in this role. I love the "evil superhero wrangling fed" trope a lot and I feel like this charecter is my favorite in that trope. She's so conniving and bumbling and somewhat inept but constantly pivoting and thinking on her feet. Her final twist at the end had my jaw dropped even knowing the real name going in.

Yelena Bolova mightt be my favorite Avenger right now. She really shines in this movie and perfectly balances comedic charm and the crushing weight of depression and suicidal ideation. I really do feel like the movie handled those themes really well and it's mostly cause of her amazing performance

Also love ghost in this. I'd been hoping she'd get a bigger role after she was low-key squandered in the ant man movie she was in and she shines in this role... She's very charli xcx coded tbh.

So so gorgeous to look at. Seen this a bunch, but things that stood out to me this time:

Han Solo is just a guy. Like he's a normal person outsmarting this vast evil powerful government, and that's pretty fun to watch. I feel like all the cultural impressions and ways he's portrayed in other movies made me forget how normal he is, he isn't like the best pilot ever born or like the toughest person ever he's just like a stoner basically.
Yoda is such a silly billy. I wish more Yoda stuff embraced him being a silly billy, the only thing that did was last Jedi.
Leia is so so cool in this and I HATE how her charecter has completely changed after this movie to be "Luke's sister" and "Vader's daughter" instead of the cool charming individual she is.
Luke is serving and idk if it's the edible I'm on but the lighting on his face felt sooo dark Fantasy king Arthur I loved it.
And Vader... Going straight from revenge of the sith to this, idk I can totally see what Hayden was going for. I think a lot of Hayden's worse lines, if done by vader the exact same way would have been super cool. I'd love to see Hayden like act out the vader scenes in this movie or something.

Ok on the one hand, the line delivery on some of these were so so bad (not the actors fault tbh) but godd the production design is gorgeous. Hayden was saddled with some god awful dialogue in the first half but his LIAR sent a chill down my spine even though I've seen this like dozens of times atp. Ewan McGregor consistently is a great obi wan, and I've got to say Ian McDiarmid is by far the best actor in the whole film. Idk why Lucas let him be camp and nobody else, but it works and he delivers every line with such cheesy charm. While it may be a bad film in a lot of ways, when it hits it really hits and as a modern day fairy tale it really really works.

Not really a boxing person but Michael B Jordan does a great job in this role

He's such a genius, all the attention to detail was kinda astonishing. And I love how you can see how his thoughts inspired him to make boy and the heron. The AI segment was so iconic, the tech bros faces as their hearts broke was so funny

A perfect movie. No flaws whatsoever. Truly beautiful and timeless

We, yes we, are ing vampire Michael B Jordan and Hailee Steinfeld at the end of the movie

Watched on Thursday April 17, 2025.

Challengers is everywhere if you have the eyes to see it

Ugh this was a disappointment. Rachel Zegler tries her hardest but the other lead is just so boring. I know he's good in other things, I just think the material wasn't there for him. The film has some fun surreal moments but most of it is like the absolute dullest version of a high school coming of age. The two fun charecters, the bully and the MCs friend barely got any screentime and were left with these ppl with no charecter development and really dull arcs. It's a shame because the Y2K aesthetic and digital world is pretty fun, but barely utilized.

Deeply fun romcom action movie, with some fun gore. Love seeing jack Quaid as the lead, he has such a lovable dorky charm. I feel like so many of these types of movies have the action hero be a former cop or military or something, but having him not feel pain lets you have this super fun protagonist that feels so deeply normal. The main romance is super duper cute and it has some fun bits and great action scenes throughout!

Oh my god I love this movie. The Christoff charecter was so interesting such a cool collected antagonist. Love how he justifies his messed up actions. I feel like as a lot of movies with great concepts do, I feel like some of the interesting implications were ignored ( I wish they implicated the audience a little more in the culpability over Truman, them all cheering that he got away was a bit odd I feel like a decent chunk would be upset.) and idk I really wish we got some of Truman adjusting to real life cause it would be so interesting. The directing and shots are so good, especially that stairway to heaven sequence.

It's also wild that this is literally what twitch streams are. Like any sort of "would ppl really watch this" critiques are absolutely gone now.

While not as politically salient as Parasite, this movie is hilarious with amazing sets and standout comedic performances. I need a plushie of those lil alien babies so badly lol.

😭😭😭😭so beautiful and relatable

Watched this as the last ever movie at e street cinema as it closed at the employee party... So a little affected by that 😭😭😭 but I had such a great time overall and this movie is super funny even if you know nothing about bond.

Idina Menzel serves so much face in this movie. Very romantic and fun.

Idk why but tails is so so much better in this movie he carries the team has all the best jokes, plans everything, is the emotional core of the group... And he's so silly I'm obsessed.

Still have chills from shadow going "Now you know how I felt for the last FIFTY YEARS"

My second favorite short, I think. Really fun humor that I think captures the feeling of being uncomfortable with your body and masculinity in this really intimate way. The scene where one of the brothers just disappears into the fog was hilarious.

Very freaky... Maybe not the best in the dark twisted take on a kids show genre but a worthy addition. I kinda don't get why they were humanoid? I feel like they maybe could have explored the implications of that "the creator possibly being a bit of a freak" a little more. Like why did he make anatomically correct naked human bodies under the puppets?

Very adorable, loved the little Ronaldo Messi gay moment it was very cute.

This one is my favorite to win the Oscar. A really beautiful art style, and a breathtaking depiction of pstd and anger issues. The father's flashback was executed supremely well.

Very very cute and sweet, loved the part with the dad the best.

This short is amazing, but I think it's my least favorite of the Oscar shorts, just cause the others are so so great. You really feel the tenseness of the scene, how scared everyone is, and that scene at the end where everything fades to black around the pov character is really good.

Definitely the funniest of the Oscar shorts. I thought it was great, but seemed like the amazing setup to a great movie instead of a standalone short film. I'd love if the creators expanded this story into a full movie, the concept is amazing.

Love the ambiguous ending. The acting and shots are really really good. You really feel the pressure this literal child is under.

Avumile Qongqos performance was spectacular. I think of all the Oscar short acting, hers was by far the standout. There was so much subtlety and ion, the scene where she takes the carving was so wonderful. Unfortunately, after she dies, I feel like the film gets a little too melodramatic. The poacher is the dad? Really? The entire sequence after that kinda soured a truly masterful performance between her and the kid, and if it had ended with her death and maybe a quick thing about the rhino surviving, it would have been my favorite by far.

I really liked this one! I think it's my pick for the Oscar, it was shot pretty well, made you feel exactly how they wanted you to feel, and the bittersweet gutpunch at the end really sank in the message.

All hits this year! Really enjoyed all of them and have a lot of trouble picking my favorite. Genuinelly would be happy if any of them won. A Lein would probably be my pick just cause it's shot really well and does the best Job at conveying it's message.

Literally the stuff mango was up to before I adopted them.

This was shot so so well like the color grading was fantastic. Love the design for Godzilla in this he's so chonky. Love all of the characters in this they have such compelling arcs which is such a rarity with humans in Godzilla movies. I'd say this is the first modern Godzilla to really match the vibe of the original, and it's definitely worth the hype!

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It's a really fun concept that I think unfortunately gets a bit bogged down in its commitment to the bit. It explore themes of isolation and internet parasocialism in really interesting ways, but the real interesting parts of the movie were towards the end, when Iam self actualizes fully and becomes live action. I thought (similar to another AI movie, speilburgs AI) The ending was an unneeded and undeserved happy ending. The tragedy of Me finally accepting herself and both of them accepting each other right at the end of their exceptionally long life really hit and I think really drove the message of the movie home. The ending kinda undermined that point... Like they just simulated a copy of the human world when the whole point was them being themselves??

Also idk if it even needs to be said but getting major t4t vibes from this, specifically with the self actualization scene that me has, the idea of kinning a woman so much you become her, Iam transitioning for a minute during sex?!?!?!

Also the YouTube brainrot scene was fun idk

The amount of Pepsi and shirtless Cillian in this movie.... The director was definitely in love there's no way.

But yeah no this movie was amazing. So clearly inspiring so much of the whole genre. Loved all the performances and shots.

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The scene where he guides his situationships husband through a panic attack better than she can 😭😭😭 he kinda chewed I'm sorry.

If my nickname was boof in high school I think I'd drop out😭

Why was my cat in this movie wtf?

So pretty, so goth, so horny, idk this would have ruined me in high school and become my new personality

Yearning is such a fucking drug, like seeing this older guys obsession, how addicting it is, how deeply it affects him to the point he thinks about it and God I hate to say I can relate in a way. Won't even pretend to understand it truly but like idk I really resonated with how horribly that unrequited yearning ruined him.

Maybe it's the lack of movies I've seen but I hadn't really seen surrealism as this paintbrush used sparingly. It's so always all or nothing, or like one scene of off the wall surrealism. Here it's like these moments, that don't shock you don't make you go omg that was so wierd, but are definitely like reality breaking things that just work with the story.

I felt uncomfy the whole time and that made me want to rate it lower but I feel like that's the point. Men like William Lee are in my life and in a lot of queer people my ages lives, and I've always looked down on them and in many ways rightfully so in the sense that they are creeps, but idk seeing someone you wouldn't normally even want to think about just have their entire soul bared to you is kinda what art is for in a way.

Also also... Trent Reznor might be the best composer of all time to me the score fits so fucking perfect and it's so different to challengers

Martha May Whovier is my transition goal tbh

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This movie is so tense, so raw. You really feel what Lawrence is going through and the pressure and stakes he has as the corrupt inner workings of the Catholic church are laid bare and exposed. Seeing these highly powerful people as human beings was really interesting. The moral failings of all the candidates and the greater politics of the different camps... The drama as each candidate has their downfall. But the ending... Oh my god. The pure, just pope getting potentially ousted and made a point of ridicule for being intersex, something they were literally born with, as mentioned in the movie literally by God. The constant showing of the intentional exclusion of women in the conclave and papacy in general, and this perfect godly candidate being one thal truly would expose the ridiculousness of papal patriarchy just by existing, and Lawrence dealing with that...

Also may be a wild take but if this happened in real life and Benitez was pope id convert to catholicism.

Imagine trying to be a bouncer at a bar in a small town and this kid steals the id of a dead person you were close to, you rightfully yell at him for it and ban him from the premises, and then he sneaks back in!! And people are saying he's stealing?? I would genuinely go to the ends of the earth to catch him and bring him to some sort of justice like 😭😭😭

Watched on Tuesday December 17, 2024.

I just love the atmosphere of this, like these creatures that would never really be together normally have to work together to survive, literally cannot communicate but have to try so they can keep each other safe, have literal biological natures that pull them against each other but have to put that aside because of the ecological terror of the flood. And in the end they have a bond that they never would have had. And the realistic animation and sound design for them added so much to it. You really feel like this is a real genuine animal, it's so grounded and so when they do something unrealistic, like working together or learning how to steer the boat it still makes sense. Not to look too deep but I really do think this is a film as humans despite our differences working together to survive ecological disaster. If a dog and cat can become friends and save each other, why can't ppl of the same species?

Also the cat is literally my cat like sorry y'all same orange eyes and dark fur....

That one song about gender affirming surgery at the beginning was just comically bad like I'm sorry 😭 I hope the main trans actress gets her flowers but I really don't like this movie... I feel like yk props for doing the bare minimum and getting a trans actress, and I'm totally fine with exploring her moral greyness, her refusal to come out and the kinda complications of that, like that's all ok to me, it's just like... The movie is all about people's reactions to her and not about her.

• Love Me
• Novocaine
• Sinners
• Mickey 17

• I Saw the TV Glow
• Wicked
• Challengers
• Look Back
• Flow
• Monkey Man
• The Substance
• Lisa Frankenstein
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two

...plus 29 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Ponyo
• Princess Mononoke
• Howl's Moving Castle
• Kiki's Delivery Service
• Spirited Away
• The Cat Returns
• The Boy and the Heron
• Sinners

1. Sinners
2. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
3. Black Panther
4. Creed

Movies to show your cats to culture them in cat cinema

1. Flow

   Cat Representation that actively depicts cats as they are. No Dub needed. And the Flow cat goes on such a journey cats can learn from and grow from.

2. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

   The best cat in fiction

3. The Lion King

   Learn cat history

4. Garfield: His 9 Lives

   Cats across history, and a vision of a cat future

5. The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

   Cat love on the big screen.

6. Falling Cat

   The first cat on film

7. Nosferatu

   Cats as the thematic defenders against vampiredom and Willem Defoe's prize at the end.

8. Puss in Boots

   In this, puss is a womanizer, not the best role model, and kitty softpaws has far less charecter development.

9. Grandma's Reading Glass

   A regal cat steals the show, arguably the first celebrity cat.

10. The Cat Returns

    Some good cats, but also evil imperialist cats. A mixed bag of catnip, if you will.

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• The Substance

  The picture of Dorian Grey

• Fire Island

  Pride and Prejudice

• The Incredibles

• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Asteroid City
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Isle of Dogs
• The Royal Tenenbaums

1. The Boy and the Heron
2. Poor Things
3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
4. Oppenheimer
5. Saltburn
6. Polite Society
7. The Holdovers
8. Bottoms
9. Asteroid City
10. Nimona

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Crash
• Whiplash
• Se7en
• The Departed
• La La Land
• The Lobster
• The Lighthouse
• Poor Things
• Godzilla Minus One
• Shin Godzilla

...plus 40 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Amadeus
• Oppenheimer
• Hamilton

• Scream
• The Evil Dead
• Evil Dead II
• Army of Darkness
• Annihilation
• Suspiria
• Scream
• Scream 2
• The Lighthouse
• Bride of Frankenstein

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• But I'm a Cheerleader
• Pride
• To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
• The Handmaiden
• Thelma & Louise
• Big Eden
• The Birdcage
• Mulholland Drive
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Cowboys

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.