justinmchoi

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Favorite films

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Oldboy
  • Fallen Angels
  • Millennium Mambo

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  • The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening

  • The Beach Bum

    ★★★½

  • Mister Lonely

    ★★★

  • Trash Humpers

    ★★★

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  • Oldboy

    Oldboy

    ★★★★★

    SOMEONE BROUGHT A CHILD TO THE THEATER I WAS IN…IS THAT 'GOOD PARENTING'!?!!!?!??!!

    Happy National Cinema Day.

    Check this out :) instagram.com/p/CwlW9jdS4jB/

  • House

    House

    ★★★★★

    The most over-stimulating theater experience ever.

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  • The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening

    The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening

    Rings of Power is the televised equivalent of watching Jeff Bezos flush $1 billion down a toilet.

  • Mister Lonely

    Mister Lonely

    ★★★

    That moment when Samantha Morton gives a better Marilyn Monroe performance while playing a Marilyn Monroe impersonator than Ana De Armas playing Marilyn Monroe in a Marilyn Monroe biopic.

    (I am aware that Blonde is a fictionalized-biopic, but there was a clear attempt to portray Marilyn somewhat accurately)

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  • Past Lives

    Past Lives

    ★★★★½

    Why is it never in this life, why is it always in another life?

  • Barbie

    Barbie

    ★★½

    Certainly, one for the 'we unironically use the words 'yas' and 'slay' crowd'.

    Jokes aside, I’m just very down the middle with this movie. My biggest complaint overall is how aggressive and confused this narrative feels. It tries to be a quirky and eccentric Barbie story while also being a feminist piece about the perception of women in society. The social & meta commentary are both very on the nose and is at points, shoved down your throat. As someone who…