tinybeetles

Favorite films

  • Moonlight
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
  • As You Are
  • Annihilation

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  • Crank: High Voltage

  • Crank

    ★★

  • Party Monster

    ★★★★½

  • FernGully: The Last Rainforest

    ★★★½

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Girls Town

1996

★★★★ Watched

Slice of life at its finest. A real and raw retelling of the more authentic moments of the lives of teenage girls growing up in the 1990s New York/New Jersey area. This film remains effortlessly relatable throughout time, representing witty, outspoken, and undeniably sincere female leads as they swagger through the city with their walkmans set to max volume. This story captures the sisterhood that can be developed through friendships between young women as they survive their last semester of…

8 Mile

2002

★★★★ Rewatched

This movie is about being so anxious about something that you puke all over yourself. And that despite being publicly humiliated, taking the next chunk of time to reflect on your life, perfect your craft, and “study the blade” as it were. Eminem says he only has “one shot” and that “this opportunity comes once in a lifetime” but I feel like the crux of the story is Rabbit distinctly being granted a second chance to seize an opportunity to…

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1920

★★★ Watched

Much like the Portlandia skit, my dad made me watch this film when I was eight. Maybe that's why I am the way that I am and on this website right now, even. Enjoy the curse, guys!