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Favorite films

  • Blade Runner
  • The Tree of Life
  • Ikiru
  • Before Sunset

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  • Batman Begins

    ★★★★

  • Insomnia

    ★★★★½

  • I'm Not There

    ★★★★½

  • Fallen Angels

    ★★

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Batman Begins
★★★★ Liked Watched

Grounded, patient, and unusually thoughtful, Batman Begins reframes the superhero origin story as a study in fear, discipline, and choice rather than destiny. Nolan’s emphasis on practical production, real locations, and a restrained visual style gave the film a physical weight that distinguished it from its predecessors and quietly reset expectations for the genre. By focusing on Bruce Wayne’s training, failures, and moral framework, the film makes Batman feel earned instead of mythic. While some dialogue leans heavily on theme…

Insomnia
★★★★½ Liked Watched

What makes this film linger isn’t the murder mystery itself, but the way guilt becomes a physical condition. The endless daylight isn’t just atmosphere; it’s a psychological trap. Sleep deprivation blurs morality, memory, and self-justification, until the line between mistake and intention dissolves. The film understands that the most punishing form of guilt isn’t exposure—it’s being forced to live inside your own rationalizations.

Al Pacino’s performance is quietly devastating. Instead of theatrical breakdowns, he gives us erosion: a man whose…

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Blade Runner
★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

There’s no film like Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, and I don’t think there’ll ever be one like it. It’s one of the most influential sci-fi films, one that penetrates the upper echelon of the genre with such perspective and unnerving truth about our own existicence. Although the film’s plot is admiteddly simple, the movie posses weighty themes about what it means to be human. What is the meaning to life? What makes existence significant rather then inconsequential? The questions represented…

SubUrbia
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8.8/10
subUrbia has a restless, wandering energy that captures the feeling of being stuck in your hometown long after the excitement has drained out of it. The parking lot setting becomes a kind of emotional trap, a place where time slows down and conversations loop in circles. Linklater leans into the emptiness of the night, letting boredom, frustration, and half formed ambitions fill the space. There is an honesty to the way the film observes these characters drifting through familiar…

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