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2025

BRING HER BACK (2025)

LOVED

09.07.25
MASSIVE FUCKING WIN FOR AUSSIE CINEMA!!!! this movie was FANTASTIC!
THE RITUAL (2025)

OKAY

05.07.25
bog standard excorcism movie. they're all the same lmao

OLD (2021)

DISLIKED

01.07.25
yeah i knew it was gonna be bad but not that bad.
KINGSMEN: GOLDEN CIRCLE (2017)

REWATCH
LIKED

07.06.25
KINGSMEN: SECRET SERVICE (2015)

REWATCH
LIKED

07.06.25
BATMAN: UNDER THE RED HOOD (2010)

REWATCH
LOVED

31.05.25
unironically one of the best batman movies of all time. i do not gaf about any other one

NOVEMBER (2017)

OKAY

15.05.25
weird wacky little estonian horror/fantasy. kinda slow, not my usual thing, but enjoyable all the same!
TRUE DETECTIVE (2014 -)

LOVED

04.05.25
S1 of this show is probably 8hrs of THE best television i've ever seen. holy shit. the rest of the seasons were.... fine... not bad by any means, but i think anything would have a rough time living up to the first season. WOW.
HEAD COUNT (2018)

OKAY

27.04.25
cute little indie horror about skinwalker-y creatures
THE MONKEY (2025)

LOVED

26.04.25
my friends will attest to this when i say i was absolutely delightfully hooked on the concept of this movie the second i saw the trailer in january, and heard the words "hello brother. the monkey that likes killing our family. it's back." immediately sold on this movie. if there's one opinion i maintain, it's that i fuuuucking hated LONGLEGS (2024), and i did see that this movie was made by the same producers, so i was fully prepared to be disappointed by THE MONKEY. i am, however, a stephen king fangirl first and human being second, so i went to the cinema fully ready to hate this movie.

WRONG. i have never been so wrong. within the first 5 minutes i turned to my friend and said holy shit this is going to be the best movie i've ever seen. it was so much fun. unserious, silly goofy, hyperviolent gorefest where one (1) actor plays the two main protagonist twins, it was so silly it kept catching me off guard and i had SO much fun watching it. easily best release of the year so far. it's like if the FINAL DESTINATION franchise took itself less seriously and also it wasn't death who's the bad guy, but a stupid little monkey with a drum. i am detracting ONE single point from my overall scoring on this purely because the line from the trailer that got me in the first place wasn't even in the movie. hate it here fr

THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994)

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LOVED

25.04.25
one of my fav movies of all time
REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA (2008)

REWATCH
LOVED

15.04.25
this is genuinely one of the best worst movies of all time. i am possibly REPO's #1 fangirl and have been since middle school, and i force everyone i know to watch it the second i get the opportunity to, and YOU are not immune! this movie is a delightful trainwreck; it's about a dystopian future where an epidemic of organ failure means those who loan money for organ transplants will have them reposessed if they can't pay up. it's an absolutely bonkers rock opera horror musical. most of the music sucks, many of the performances are lacking in uh, musical talent. but if you think you can suspend your expectations for just a few hours and allow this deranged, colourful, insane, bloody gorey mess of a world tell you it's story, i am absolutely begging you to check this movie out for free on archive.org!
CONCLAVE (2024)

LIKED

23.03.25
this was pretty good actually! bit out of the usual for me - this is a political thriller about the election of a new pope, and the internal conflicts between candidates that come with such a position of power. i was idly enjoying it in the background up until the climax and that did manage to really surprise me. very good ending. it's also very pretty on a cinematography level; i visited the vatican in 2017 on a europe trip and was immediately struck by how pristine and gorgeous everything was, so i really quite appreciated it being hilighted in this film.
HERETIC (2024)

OKAY

17.02.25
I am usually an a24 girly and I do like most of their movies that I watch, but I’ll admit - I wasn’t necessarily looking forward to this one. religion based horror feels like a cop out to me, it’s so easy to make a demon and call it a day, yknow? it feels cheap. however, it’s a24, so I thought I’d give it a shot since I saw it on my streaming site. I actually really quite liked the setup of the first half, despite my reservations going into it and seeing ‘weird old man locks two young missionaries in his house’. predictable as hell, I thought. but no, once the premise was fleshed out, I was very interested. our two main girls are smart! reasonable! not played for a joke! did I love it in the end? eh! it was alright. i ended up being right about what was gonna happen. I liked the atmosphere, it builds good tension and had a relatively unique premise. kind of silly, kind of ridiculous. the exposition dump at the end was like a murder mystery novel reveal LMAO

A REAL PAIN (2024)

OKAY

02.02.25
EXCALIBUR (1981)

REWATCH
LIKED

01.02.25
beautful movie; one of my all-time favourites from childhood. free on internet archive right here!
THE ODYSSEY (1997)

LIKED

07.06.25
i love the odyssey but never actually watched this movie! it's alright. it's aged, obviously, and doesn't cover a lot of my favourite sections of the novel. i enjoyed it anyway though! if anything else, it was nice to have a prelude to the christopher nolan movie that's coming out next year. i really liked the way they did scylla and charybdis, i love a gooood fleshy creature full of teeth
ATTACK ON TITAN (2013 - 2023)

LOVED

27.01.25
fuck man, what a show. revisiting after falling off after high school; never did finish it, so my friend and i sat down and watched it all together. fantastic. god i love it so much, s4 was beautiful. devastating. love a show that makes me feel like shit over and over <3

AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER (2005 - 2008)

LIKED

25.01.25
only 20 years late to this one! watched this with a friend who is a huge fan of the show. this was wonderful. it's reputation did not deceive me. what a wonderful story, a beautiful world, and some of the best characters i have ever enjoyed in television
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 (2024)

LIKED

19.01.25
very specifically only watched this franchise because i knew my boy shadow was going to be in this one. did not disappoint! i think they did him well + KEANU REEVES SMASHED IT
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (2016)

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LOVED

18.01.25
my go to movie when im sad and want to feel worse <333
SUPER DARK TIMES (2017)

REWATCH
LIKED

18.01.25
love this movie. unserious but also not really


28 DAYS LATER (2002)

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LIKED
ARCANE (2021 - 2024)

REWATCH
LOVED

OH THE MISERY :(
SLOW HORSES (2022 -)

LIKED
HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (2018)

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LIKED

the real haunting is the fact that i can never get this goddamn show out of my head despite not liking it that much. this has got to be like, the 5th time i've watched it. i want to love this show, hill house is one of my favourite books, but this show is almost entirely it's own separate thing that just borrows elements from the novel. i think the pacing of the end half sucks, i think the dialogue in the end half is boggy and slow. i always get through the first 5 eps thinking wow, maybe i was too harsh and should give it a chance! and then we get to ep6+ and it's like oh yeah no, this is mid at best. devastating and yet i will watch it again for the same results

SUCCESSION (2018 - 2023)

LIKED

i'll be honest; i thought this was the show everyone was talking about when they were talking about severance.
OVER THE GARDEN WALL (2014)

LOVED

WOW this show blew me away. this is my first time watching it, i just went right into it with a friend after our gravity falls rewatch. it was so beautiful!! the backgrounds and animation are so stunning, i love this story and am devastated they didn't get more time to tell it in a more rich manner. i'm always a sucker for a good sibling relationship show, i cant believe it took me so long to get around to this!!
GRAVITY FALLS (2012 - 2016)

REWATCH
LOVED

FORD PINES APOLOGIST UNTIL I DIE
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY (2019 - 2024)

REWATCH
LIKED

S4? what S4? there was only 3.5 seasons, silly! haha! dont worry about anything after that!

DUNGEON MESHI (2024 -)

LIKED
THE X-MEN SERIES (2000 - 2019)

REWATCH
LIKED

yes. all of them. even the shit ones.
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL (2024)

LOVED

i really enjoyed this one - i love, love supernatural demon horror, AND found footage, so this was like the perfect movie for me. very GHOSTWATCH-core, which is one of my fav movies ever
LONGLEGS (2024)

DISLIKED

ough. did not love this one. i really like occult horror usually, but i think this movie was trying too hard to set up and pull off several different things at once, and none of them came to a head at the end. great performance from nicholas cage, but the praise kind of stops there for me. here is several paragraphs of me dunking on this one if you want to see how much i hate it

I SAW THE TV GLOW (2024)

LIKED

:( beautiful movie
ULTRAMAN: RISING (2024)

OKAY
SMILING FRIENDS (2020 -)

LIKED
NIGHTCRAWLER (2014)

LIKED

beautiful film; gorgeous cinematography. cannot believe i'd never heard of it before. really enjoyed

PACIFIC RIM: THE BLACK (2021 - 2022)

LIKED

my favourite show about australia with not a single aussie accent to be seen
THE WORLD'S END (2014)

REWATCH
LIKED

best of the cornetto trilogy imo
THE BEAR (2022 -)

LIKED

ptsd simulator (i used to work in hospitality)
PACIFIC RIM (2013)

REWATCH
LOVED

I LOVE PACRIM RRRARRRR

FALLOUT (2024 -)

LOVED

oh i expected this to be bad. i had insanely low expectations of this show, ESPECIALLY as a fallout franchise fan. i have never been so wrong in my LIFE - i loved this, from the very first 5 minutes i was just absolutely hooked. you can see the love and attention to detail from the show's creators, you can just tell people who love fallout have worked on this show. i had so much fun with this, watching with friends and pointing out random background stuff to each other. loved the plot and the story, love how they depicted the various factions from the show and i love how accurate everything was to the games. it's so refreshing to watch a game adaptation that just cares about getting things right! i was rooting hard for a FO:NV adjacent storyline from the second i saw the promo pics so i was unbelievably delighted when i finally got to watch the whole show. GOD. so good. so so good
STAR TREK: AOS (2009 - 2016)

REWATCH
LOVED

this covers STAR TREK (2009), STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS (2013), and STAR TREK: BEYOND (2016). my controversial hot take is that i really enjoy this remake trilogy, in all their jj abrams lense flare glory. they're silly and fun, and the casting is delightful, and they're a good bite sized star trek fix when i don't have the time to go for a full series rewatch!
NOPE (2022)

REWATCH
LOVED

annual rewatch because this is THE movie of all time.
BARBARIAN (2022)

DISLIKED

this was so fucking stupid. i had very high hopes because it started off so strong and then took a sharp nosedive about 1/3 into the movie. 'house that hates you' is one of my all time favourite genres, but this unfortunately did not deliver and was not a particularly strong movie.

RENT(2008)

REWATCH
LOVED

watched for the thousandth time because i got to see it live (!!!!) for the first time in theatres by a very talented aussie cast, twice!
SEVERENCE (2022 -)

LOVED

hooolyyyy what an amazing show. put this one off for way too long despite being hounded by friends to watch it. i loved this; the entire premise is so unique and interesting, i absolutely love the cast and world that has been built in one short season. the aesthetics, the cinematography, the story-- AUGH!! i loved this show, i cant wait for the next season. i am absolutely in love with how unsettling and soulless they've made the corporate office feel, all the absurd rewards and incentives given to the innies is such a great parody of how your job tries to reward your work in real life. i'm so so excited for s2, cannot recommend this show enough!
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (2022)

LIKED
WONKA (2024)

OKAY

BAND OF BROTHERS (2001)

REWATCH
LOVED

annual rewatch <3
DEAD & BURIED (1981)

LIKED
GRAVE ENCOUNTERS 2 (2012)

LIKED

my beloved resoundingly mid 2010s found footage franchise <3
GRAVE ENCOUNTERS (2011)

LIKED

my beloved resoundingly mid 2010s found footage franchise <3