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The Cinematic Aficionado
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Aug 29, 2022

Trying to fall in love with film again.

I try not to get too personal on the internet especially not on the blog. Mostly because this blog is meant for film reviews, however, this is going to be an exception. …

Film

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Trying to fall in love with film again.
Trying to fall in love with film again.
Film

4 min read


Jul 6, 2022

I didn’t like Elvis… I loved it!

Story Elvis tells the story of the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, told by his manager Colonel Tom Parker. I saw a TikTok on my way back from watching the movie that said the movie did not focus on Elvis, rather it focused on Tom Parker. An argument could…

Movies

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I didn’t like Elvis… I loved it!
I didn’t like Elvis… I loved it!
Movies

7 min read


May 30, 2022

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ shows that sequels made 30 years after the first one can work.

Story Taking place 36 years after the first one, Top Gun: Maverick sees the return of Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell training a team of the best Navy pilots at TopGun, in a mission that blurs the line between life and death. What I like about the story is how detached it is…

Film

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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ shows that sequels made 30 years after the first one can work.
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ shows that sequels made 30 years after the first one can work.
Film

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Feb 24, 2022

Flee deserves its Oscar nomination.

Flee tells the story of Amin Nawabi, an Afghan refugee detailing his life for the first time since seeking asylum in Denmark There is so much more to the story (though it doesn’t feel right to call it a story seeing as Amin himself is telling us about the things…

Movie

3 min read

Flee deserves its Oscar nomination.
Flee deserves its Oscar nomination.
Movie

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Jan 27, 2022

Blackberry Babes is PEAK Nollywood, and I kinda love it.

Story Blackberry Babes revolves around a group of university girls and their obsession with blackberries. It shows how much importance they have placed on the phones and the lengths they would go to have them. Given the name and central theme of the movie, it’s pretty dated. The ‘Blackberry craze’ ended…

Films

5 min read

Blackberry Babes is PEAK Nollywood, and I kinda love it.
Blackberry Babes is PEAK Nollywood, and I kinda love it.
Films

5 min read


Jan 27, 2022

‘The Last Airbender’ is the worst movie I have ever seen and will haunt me forever.

This review contains spoilers, but let’s be honest you’re not going to watch this film. I’m someone who gives movies the benefit of the doubt because films are subjective, but I’m not doing that with this movie. It really is that bad. Story The story takes place in a world where…

Films

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‘The Last Airbender’ is the worst movie I have ever seen and will haunt me forever.
‘The Last Airbender’ is the worst movie I have ever seen and will haunt me forever.
Films

11 min read


Jan 27, 2022

Your Name is a visual masterpiece with a compelling story

Story Your Name tells the story of a teenage boy named Taki who lives in Tokyo who inexplicably switches bodies with Mitsuha, a teenage girl who lives in Itomori, a town in the Japanese countryside. You are familiar with this story archetype, two people from different worlds who are connected by…something…

Anime

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Your Name is a visual masterpiece with a compelling story
Your Name is a visual masterpiece with a compelling story
Anime

5 min read


Jan 6, 2022

Kiki’s Delivery Service is a movie I needed to watch.

Story Kiki’s Delivery Service tells the story of a young witch named Kiki who leaves her hometown to venture out on her own. She ends up in a new town and uses her flying abilities to start a delivery service. The story is one about an individual finding themselves. At the…

Moveis

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Kiki’s Delivery Service is a movie I needed to watch.
Kiki’s Delivery Service is a movie I needed to watch.
Moveis

5 min read


Oct 14, 2021

The only thing I could say at the end of Train to Busan was “Wow what a film.”

Story Fund manager and workaholic Seo Seok-woo takes his daughter, Su-an travel to Busan to celebrate her birthday with her mother and Seok-woo’s estranged wife. Unbeknownst to them, a zombie apocalypse is rapidly spreading throughout Korea. Movies like this one usually have a simple story that anchors you to a few…

Movies

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The only thing I could say at the end of Train to Busan was “Wow what a film.”
The only thing I could say at the end of Train to Busan was “Wow what a film.”
Movies

5 min read


Oct 7, 2021

‘Speed Racer’ really isn’t THAT bad

Story A young race car driver by the name of Speed Racer (no seriously that’s his name) has dreams of winning the Grand Prix and become the world champion following the death of his older brother. …

Film

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‘Speed Racer’ really isn’t THAT bad
‘Speed Racer’ really isn’t THAT bad
Film

6 min read

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