wow, this was really good! i know the backrooms/liminal spaces have existed for a little bit now, but it is such a unique art form that conveys such a particular and intense feeling. Backrooms does it so well. the music is so synthetic and dreamy and plays along with this endless, surreal, and claustrophobic set so well. i love that they didn't keep it just the yellowish office spaces, but expand into other areas and every room, door, and remembered…

everything i didn't like about passenger:
• anti van life
• promotes suburban church-going lifestyle
• the two guys at the start are way more likeable than either of the main characters
• she dated that guy that died and it never came up again?
• the supernatural elements never feel grounded in reality so they're just silly
• not one good special affect
• why did they think this could compete with like the other 5 horror movies coming…

there's a part where andy goes on a rant about how everything new is soulless, gutted, and rehashed, and i just can't help but wonder if that was meant to be an obvious stab at themselves or if they're actually completely blind to how ironic it is?

here, The Devil Wears Prada loses all of its original glamour. the outfits are matched pretty fairly, but the actual filmmaking is just plain. it doesn't have the chic vibe it used to,…

i really liked the themes they touched on, the performances by everyone, and the overall aesthetic of this film a lot. even though there's only a few main characters they're all written extremely well. rachel holding more animosity towards the confession due to having a personal relation with the same kind of event, even though she had done something arguably worse in the past. emma, who had grown into an empathetic person and even an activist against her crime, and…