🎬 ~ One Battle After Another

rating: 10/10

paul thomas anderson, i was not familiar with your game. this movie is a comedy, satire, and action flick all rolled into one. leo dicaprio crashing out at the guy asking the code that he forgot about was just comedic gold. i loved benicio del toro’s performance in this. his character was so chill and honestly, nonchalant final boss. that man has reached nirvana state. and man, i LOVED willa. chase infiniti did a crazy good job portraying a strong deuteragonist and i loved the fact that she was so feisty and smart without being annoying ykwim? she needs an oscar nom for this. the camerawork, cinematography and score were also on point asf. lockjaw’s character made me so uncomfortable lmfao. the Christmas Adventurers were just a straight up parellel to wtv maga supporters and republicans have been up to these says. wish i could say the white supremacist shit was hyperbole but it really wasn’t. great tbh. deffo gonna be contending with Sinners during awards season ugh (i want Sinners to win so bad).

🎬 ~ I Saw The TV Glow

rating: 5/10

where were we going w this? what was that ending? i related to maddy’s monologue about time passing by so fast u didn’t even notice it, that years felt like seconds. “I was 19, then 20” and i was upset. i liked the thread about this niche tv show connecting these two teenagers, and the allegory of being another person trapped in a body that didn’t belong to you, but that aspect wasn’t explored as fully as it should’ve been. the childlike wonder and bisexual colors were gripping tho. but someone pls explain the ending. i do not understand it. it was like owen acknowledged something about his younger self, finding and accepting his heart by cutting his chest open? the movie stays in its silence too long tho.

📺 ~ Shadow and Bone (Season 1)

rating: 6/10

let me just say: this show was just so overwhelmingly netflix. that's derogatory. sure, it had its charm in bringing to life so many of the characters and don't get me wrong the casting as well was pretty much spot-on, it's the writing that ruined the thing. the pacing was off. the dialogue was so elementary—AND THAT WAS THE WORST PART: this show has NO nuance in it's words. people say cartoonish things and the script was just so teen-coded idk why. i was so bored in the second half that i just watched the finale in 2x speed and didn't give af. i get that they wanted to cram the Crows and the Grisha trilogy into one show, but damn they did not waste their time and put a knife into the Crows' story coz c'mon man Six of Crows was such an intricately crafted novel and that just... does not exist on the screen anymore. Alina was highkey pissing me off the entire show because she just kept losing her personality and having no agency in what she does for the most part. Mal was cool, Kaz was cool too, you could say the Darkling was evil right off the bat, Jesper ate (MY GOAT WITH A GOAT HAHAHA HE WAS SO ICONIC), Inej my glorious queen was cool too, NINA AND MATTHIAS AHHHHFHDJJSE. okay i'll stop now. 

📖 ~ Just A Bit Confusing

rating: 1/5

ass. steaming pile of shit. i hate ryan. ew. jamie deserved better. he should've been with luke. i liked tristan helping jamie out and being a brother to him, but i wished that they had a better conversation after finding out they were siblings fr. and the thing that pissed me off specifically was that luke was missing for TEN DAYS and when jamie found out he couldn't give less of a fuck and was too preoccupied by ryan's presence. some friend u are asshole. this book was booty bro. dog shit. everyone is stupid and thinks with their dicks.

📖 ~ Just A Bit Wrong

rating: 2/5

guys... is this... the BEST BOOK SO FAR!?!??? i loved the fact that i got emotionally attached to tristan like, WHY WAS HE ACTUALLY KINDA WELL-DEVELOPED AS A CHARACTER? I FELT ACTUALLY BAD FOR HIM WHEN SHIT HAPPENED. i wanna be friends w him idc if he roasts me all the time i'll roast him back. i was hoping that him and gabe would go on to have a better sibling relationship AND YEESSSSSS WE'RE GETTING THERE!!!! U CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER HAHAHAHAHA!!!! the spanking caught me off-guard but it was interesting tbh coz it factors into their character development as well. but did i still not like zach... yes. i liked him SOMETIMES. but blegh. i'm a hater of every ml in this series.

📖 ~ Just A Bit Obsessed

rating: 1/5

BAHAHAHAHHAA I HAD SM FUN READING THIS IN THE SAME WAY ONE ENJOYS A CHEAP CIGARETTE BCOZ YK IT'S TRASH BUT U DON'T WANT TO LET GO OF UR VICE. i finished this super quick tbh. like i started it at around 3am, read 50-ish percent, and ended it in the afternoon after waking up. some of the three-way stuff was fun to read coz the TENSIONNN but it wasn't that good tbh this book is like bare minimum ahh. i hated alex as a character. AGAIN with the hypermasculine dom top ml i hate it eww. but i actually liked chris. chris was cool. he wasn't as annoying as gabe and not wtv tf logan's bf was like.

📖 ~ Crooked Kingdom

rating: 3/5

let's be real: this book was a hot mess. i kinda felt like it'd be like that but i was disappointed to have been proven right. character-wise, i loved everyone's interactions and development. but the plot was so hodgepodge and didn't know what it was trying to do. matthias' death was so... blegh. i was literally deadpanning at my phone because it was so unbelievable and i was like "this is such a shitty death". there were no emotional beats to it. it was the reaction of the rest of the crows to his death that got me to tear up. the pacing of this book is fked up. a shame because the first book was so tightly paced. i really wish pekka rollins was dealt with but instead we got that useless ahh last chapter. kaz's growth was pretty crazy tho coz wow he has a HEART now. and this man would do literally anything for inej ohmygod he freed her from her contract, got her a boat, REUNITED HER WITH HER PARENTS!! LIKE DAMN BRUH. we love. also kaz accidentally calling jesper JORDIE killed me bruh jaw was gaping coz that was unhinged. kaz's "i'd crawl to you" fhdkxnkKKfhdjsk BOOMSHAKALAKA YES GAWDDDD. honestly i don't got much to say here. guess this is the review?