2024 ┋ 2025 ┋ faves

I don't watch a lot of movies, but here are the few I did watch. List goes in reverse order; the topmost is the most recent. ┋ key

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• 【★★★☆☆】 ⠀・⠀ My Best Friend's Exorcism (2022) ・ US
  • Just OK. The comedy didn't work for me; I guess I'm not the target audience, though I do like teen movies.
• 【★★☆☆☆】 ⠀・⠀ Salem's Lot (2024) ・ US
  • Stephen King's stuff is always frustratingly almost good for me. I really liked the set up in the first third of the movie... the rest went downhill.
• 【★★★★☆】 ⠀・⠀ Ingrid Goes West (2017) ・ US
  • I thought I was getting comedy, what I got was a fucking dystopian documentary.
• 【★★★☆☆】 ⠀・⠀ Corina (2024) ・ MX
  • Pretty cool, and it was nice seeing copy editing in the spotlight of a movie.
• 【★★★☆☆】 ⠀・⠀ Heretic (2024) ・ US
  • Very nice. Some things felt a little loose to me, but acting was a 10/10. Also it was too dark to watch during the day...
• 【★★★☆☆】 ⠀・⠀ Legend (1985) ・ US
  • Visually stunning and fun; plot-wise, as generic as expected for a movie with a generic title.
• 【★★☆☆☆】 ⠀・⠀ Drive-away Dolls (2024) ・ US
  • This was so boring. SO SO SO boring. Chuckled a little with the thugs and that was that.
• 【★★★☆☆】 ⠀・⠀ Echo Valley (2025) ・ US
  • This was so good I'm shocked. Honestly, it's become rarer and rarer to find standalone movies that aren't intended to be 'artsy' but are still GOOD.
• 【★★★★☆】 ⠀・⠀ Steven Universe: The Movie (2019) ↻ ・ US
  • Part of forcing my friend watch the whole franchise.
• 【★★★★☆】 ⠀・⠀ The Emperor's New Groove (2000) ↻ ・ US
  • My partner had never watched it and we had to remedy that.
• 【★★★★☆】 ⠀・⠀ The Double (2014) ↻ ・ UK
  • I think I'm the only one who still thinks about this movie. So good.
• 【★★☆☆☆】 ⠀・⠀ Blitz (2024) ・ UK
  • Not for me I guess. Just suffering all around to end where it started.
• 【★★★★☆】 ⠀・⠀ Ratatouille (2007) ↻ ・ US
  • Made my partner cry (he'd never watched it), so it wins a single star just bc of that.
• 【★★★☆☆】 ⠀・⠀ Mickey 17 (2025) ・ US/SK
  • Very fun; though a bit rushed with the side characters. If I had a penny for every misunderstood giant bug movie set in a wasteland, I'd have two pennies. Which isn't a lot but it's cool that it happened twice.
• 【★★★★☆】 ⠀・⠀ Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (2024) ・ FR
  • Beautiful set design, landscapes and horses. Always a treat to watch the sad version of Jane Austen.
• 【★★☆☆☆】 ⠀・⠀ Holland (2025) ・ US
  • Boy was this a waste of time. What a convoluted, boring movie. It took one hour to start and it was still bad. One star is just because it features Gael García Bernal.
• 【★★★☆☆】 ⠀・⠀ MaXXXine (2024) ・ US
  • I liked it better than the others, though the big baddie kinda came out of nowhere.
• 【★★★★★】 ⠀・⠀ Flow (2024) ⬧ ・ LV/BE/FR
  • Brazil I am devastated. This movie is gorgeous but it almost killed me.
• 【★★★★☆】 ⠀・⠀ Conclave (2024) ⬧ ・ UK/US
  • Had high hopes for this one, they were all met. Very fun, engaging, and beautifully shot.
• 【★★☆☆☆】 ⠀・⠀ Wild Robot (2024) ・ US
  • The first half is fun, the rest is whatever. Very boring songs, felt like 2 or 3 movies crammed into one.
• 【★★★★★】 ⠀・⠀ Ainda estou aqui (I'm Still Here) (2024) ⬧ ・ BR
  • People terrorized me so much about this movie I ended up not crying that much. Fernanda Torres deserved that Golden Globe.
• 【★★☆☆☆】 ⠀・⠀ The Swan Princess (1994) ↻ ・ US
  • I hadn't watch this movie in maybe 25 years. The Brazilian dub is surprisingly atrocious, like nobody knew how to dub songs. The frames are weirdly slow.
• 【★★★★★】 ⠀・⠀ Howl's Moving Castle (2004) ↻ ⬧ ・ JP
  • Every time I rewatch this movie I fall in love with a new frame of it. Amazing how the hype is justified.
• 【★★★☆☆】 ⠀・⠀ The Secret Lives of Pets 2 (2019) ・ US
  • Is it a masterpiece of film? No. Does it convey good examples of owner-pet relationship and care? Also no. Is it cute af? YES.