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Shit wasn’t wowzers at all. Some funny chopping but I couldn’t give a fuck about any of these fuckers so who cares.

Felt like if some randoms didn’t tell you this was Shadyside 50 times in the first 10 minutes you wouldn’t know this was Fear Street?

Didn’t expect this to turn into the warmest movie ever but here we are. A cup of hot chocolate, a candid photo, a tight hug.

Mayssion: Impossible - Finale

Callbacks galore. This was very much structured like a sendoff — a celebration of the mythology of Ethan Hunt. It might come off self-indulgent, but to someone who has spent the first half of this month diving into this franchise, I adored it.

It takes a bit to lock in, but once it does, this is still Mission: Impossible. Ethan is still risking the entire world on the dumbest, chance-reliant plan you’ve ever heard of — which somehow includes letting the villain win. There’s a very tense infiltration scene (underwater!), and Ethan gets on a plane the wrong way.

Is this my favorite? Definitely not. But it does a great job of serving as a finale, should we choose to accept it.

“For those we hold close, and for those we’ll never meet.”

Mayssion: Impossible #7

Welcome back dutch angles! Excited to find out where the key leads to — tomorrow!

Mayssion: Impossible #6

A ROLLERCOASTER AND A HALF. So fun, so tense, so twisty, so YEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

Mayssion Impossible #5

Bless this movie for giving us Rebecca Ferguson but also fuck you for doing that to Hermione Corfield and for doing all that to Benji

Mayssion: Impossible #4

The whole Burj Khalifa sequence was gold. Wish we got more Léa Sydoux

“Gilda, are you decent?” 

🎀

Mayssion: Impossible #3

Oh this franchise is finally cooking! God bless Philip Seymour Hoffman, running Tom Cruise, and… J.J. Abrams?

Mayssion: Impossible #2

I’m ngl bro I was kinda just barking at Thandiwe Newton the whole movie. This starts with sleeping gas and I might’ve inhaled some until the ending chase woke me up.

Diabolical amount of slowmo on this one too.

The Luke-Rey-Kylo plotline is so good! The rest of the movie… 🤷🏻‍♂️

Maay the Fourth be with you guys!

Got so bored I started cleaning my room

Watched on Saturday May 3, 2025.

Lan, your mission — should you choose to accept it — is to go through every single M.I. film for the first time, culminating with Final Reckoning in theaters when it comes out later this month.

Mayssion: Impossible #1

Pretty fun start, and I love Ethan’s face disguise gimmick. That theme song is such a banger, I can’t wait to hear it at least seven more times!

The insane thing to do is to describe this movie as Guardians of the Galaxy with a Winter Soldier font. I don’t know if I’m ballsy enough to stand by that, and I’m definitely not saying it’s better than any of those four bangers, but we’re definitely back! 

Lan sidenote: they’re pretty bold showing that second post-credit scene btw, massive fuel to a very popular theory on how that goes.

Watched on Thursday May 1, 2025.

Gaspar you fucking dumbass. #TeamMargot

Lan sidenote: It’s been a rough few days thanks mostly to some Japanese people (looking at you Kore-eda, Mayu Iwatani, & Tam Nakano) along with some more TV shows (looking at you Cassian & Joel) — so I badly needed a cleanser. Éric Rohmer your films are so pretty <3

“I want to show Yuki the airplanes.”

I haven’t been gently ripped to shreds like this since Fireflies. Children are so precious.

Very hot people.

A simple romance completely devoured by the harsh reality that is Manila. Poverty, abuse, and corruption that tears into anyone who never had the chance to fight back.

A ruthless surge of injustices that remind you how powerless you are. It’s all very bleak.

Putangina.

“Kaya lang, pinaglaruan tayo ng Diyos”

Faith is such a powerful drug. A display of how intense religious fanaticism can get, how quickly it can spread, how easy it can be manipulated, and when it inevitably gets challenged -- how powerful it can combust.

Salamat, Nora Aunor. May you rest well.

This watch party was two dorks reciting the Anakin vs Obi-Wan Mustafar divorce bar for bar, while their other friend — someone who is watching this for the first time and is the reason for this watch party — listens in awe (and possibly fear)

A spiritual experience. Loved the aspect ratio changes, and the score is phenomenal.

We’re so fucking back.

Watched on Wednesday April 16, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 16, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 16, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 16, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 16, 2025.

This review may contain spoilers.

On my Mockingjay Part 1 entry I mentioned it felt like a departure because the games are gone. Well turns out the third book had one too and boy did it take lives. ~~Shame Gale’s wasn’t one of those~~

Hilarious how this movie lowkey refused to end.

strange things did happen here,
no stranger would it be
if we met at midnight in the hanging tree

The story was always headed here but it does feel like a departure from the first two with the games basically over. Still, I’m a fan of the ideology of an iconography as a means to unite a rebellion, so I enjoyed the ride.

The wedding dress! The aspect ratio change into the arena! The ending!

FIRE WAS INDEED CAUGHT.

Will forever be immortal for giving us the three-finger salute, and for Safe & Sound.

"Life is like foam, so you have to give yourself like the sea."

Horny, fun, wonderful. ¡MAMACITA!

Ok I think it's unfair to ask if I masturbated given I just logged Nosferatu (2024)

Count Orlok you gotta teach me how to make her do that big bro, she was FLOATING. Love how this movie looked. Immaculate atmosphere.

Lan Sidenote/rant:
We had to wait until late February to get a theatrical release — this movie would’ve been available on digital for a whole month by then — only for our ratings board to slap an R-16 instead of an R-18 by cutting some allegedly important parts of the film. This probably would’ve slapped on the cinemas but I wasn’t willing to miss out on stuff. Fuck the MTRCB

You couldn't make this movie today man, Bona would've just hopped on capcut and made tiktok edits instead of forcing herself into his house and being his self-appointed P.A.

Happy Birthday, Lino Brocka! Glad to finally watch one of your films

This movie looks so gorgeous I can’t believe it’s from the 40’s. The titular sequence was cinematic heaven, and that ending!

Mazziecord March #12 (END): Coolbeansed

Midsommar if it was actually mid. At least Flo was cooking. (both figuratively, and literally, as usual)

Mazziecord March #11: Patricia

Lost a bet and was obligated to this watch party. So I put up the stream, opened my phone, and played Pokémon TCG Pocket. Daily pack gave me my first Red, which immediately replaced my Giovannis, and then immediately headed to the Ranked Mode introduced yesterday.

Queued up Arceus-Dialga because we can never have casual hobbies and we have to be competitive losers, and I don't own Giratina. Still solid and definitely still a top 3 deck in the format. Got up to a 5-game winstreak before some bozo flipped 4 heads on Misty.

Was 10-3 and Great Ball 2 with 433 Points when it was time to lock in for Qui-Gonn & Obi-Wan vs. Darth Maul.

Another proof that men can never have casual hobbies— shit will always go too far. But there's nothing more relatable in this movie than impulse buying a wakizashi.

Mazziecord March #10: Greensie

Couldn’t really bring myself to root for Elio & Oliver, unfortunately. That final scene still hits though, Timotheé is good!

Oh well, at least it gave me Mystery of Love, Visions of Gideon, and gorgeous shots of Italy.

Mazziecord March #9: Joanna

Hold me closer, tiny dancer.

Lan sidenote: Happy Birthday, Mikey Madison!

Need a staring contest between Matilda & Paddington. And yes, I have a crush on Miss Honey.

Mazziecord March #8: Zöe

"I am a Jedi, like my father before me."

Probably still the weakest of the original trilogy, and I'm still not sure about how I feel about most of the movie, but this franchise really peaks for me whenever Luke & Vader are on screen together and this might have the most of that.

Project 4K83 v1.6

Lan sidenote: The trio learning about the Leia reveal separately meant I got to send a screenshot of *that* Hoth scene thrice to the groupchat

Love watching women slaying. Love watching people of color slaying. Love watching women of color slaying! Great feel-good movie.

Score was putting up Wilt numbers

Mazziecord March #7: Claudia

Outings with the boys > everything
Kinda want a pink flip phone now

Mazziecord March #6: Kayzee

Live deliberately.

Mazziecord March #5: Ivy

You’re making too much of it. It’s just a movie.

Just a movie? It's downright expert, a thing of beauty. How each scene opens itself one by one, like a chapter in a book.

God bless Old Joe
Mazziecord March #4: Angel

Fernanda Torres was incredible, powerful, and so was Eunice Paiva. Take photos with your family, putangina ng mga diktator, at hustisya para sa mga desaparecido.

Cute needle drops, American sportsball references, and a concerning amount of penis jokes? What the hell, sure

Mazziecord March #3: Olivia

Lan sidenote: 2014 NBA Finals, UNC-Duke 2022 Final Four, 2022 World Cup Final, WrestleMania XL Night 2 Main Event — Sports moments that made me cry. Yes, I snuck in a pro-wrestling one in there.

There is no end.

• Scream
• Scream 2
• Scream 3
• Scream 4
• Scream
• Scream VI
• Spree
• Totally Killer
• Fear Street: 1994
• Fear Street: 1978

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Sinners
2. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
3. Thunderbolts*
4. Black Bag
5. Companion
6. Mickey 17
7. Captain America: Brave New World
8. Fear Street: Prom Queen

• West Side Avenue
• Jules and Jim
• Forces of Nature
• Brotherhood of the Wolf
• In the Mood for Love
• Cléo from 5 to 7

• Mission: Impossible – Fallout
• Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
• Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
• Mission: Impossible III
• Mission: Impossible
• Mission: Impossible II

This fandom, man.

1. Star Wars
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
4. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
5. Return of the Jedi
6. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
7. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
8. Solo: A Star Wars Story
9. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
10. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Just the movies. It’s Letterboxd

1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2. Thunderbolts*
3. The Marvels
4. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
5. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
6. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
7. Spider-Man: No Way Home
8. Deadpool & Wolverine
9. Captain America: Brave New World
10. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Roman Holiday
• Paris, Texas
• Chungking Express
• Taipei Suicide Story
• The Young Girls of Rochefort
• Rye Lane
• The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
• Hiroshima Mon Amour
• Howl's Moving Castle
• The Grand Budapest Hotel

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Anora
3. Look Back
4. Conclave
5. The Wild Robot
6. I'm Still Here
7. Nickel Boys
8. Nosferatu
9. The Substance
10. Flow

...plus 25 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

  Melina

• Dirty Dancing

  Maay

• Set It Up

  Olivia

• Waitress

  Angel

• Dead Poets Society

  Ivy

• Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

  Kayzee

• Hidden Figures

  Claudia

• Matilda

  Zöe

• Call Me by Your Name

  Joanna

• Dave Made a Maze

  Greensie

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. In the Mood for Love
2. Happy Together
3. Chungking Express
4. 2046
5. Fallen Angels
6. The Hand
7. Days of Being Wild

• Decision to Leave
• The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
• Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
• Drive My Car
• Paris, Texas
• Anora
• Past Lives
• La La Land
• The Empire Strikes Back
• Aftersun

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

There’s a few instances I’ve gone to a theater and saw two movies in one day. Here are those films. (In order)

• Your Name.

  1/2

• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

  2/2

• Everything Everywhere All at Once

  1/2

• Jujutsu Kaisen 0

  2/2

• Barbie

  1/2

• Oppenheimer

  2/2

• Past Lives

  1/2

• Gitling

  2/2

• Mickey 17

  1/3

• Flow

  2/3

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Two weeks late but I wanted to see The Brutalist in theaters, and I had to wait for I’m Still Here to come out in proper digital instead of settling for the screener copy floating around!

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Anora
3. Conclave
4. I'm Still Here
5. Nickel Boys
6. The Substance
7. The Brutalist
8. Wicked
9. A Complete Unknown
10. Emilia Pérez

Romance-adjacent movies I watched in February. Might make this a yearly tradition idk yet.

• Hiroshima Mon Amour
• Stardust
• Night Is Short, Walk On Girl
• Past Lives
• Gitling
• Tangled
• Millennium Actress
• Before Sunrise
• Charade
• Submarine

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Collecting responses from Mazziecord’s Topic of the Day #1 (8/2/25)

• About Time

  from Maay, Coolbeansed, and Temi

• Roman Holiday

  from Lan

• Rye Lane

  from Coolbeansed

• She's the Man

  from Zelda

• 50 First Dates

  from Zelda

• Notting Hill

  from Tay & Maay

• 10 Things I Hate About You

  from Tay & Zimbi

• The Holiday

  from Tay & Maay

• Anyone But You

  from Maay & Patricia

• Holidate

  from Patricia

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Suurely I’ll get to these someday, maybe over discord with some friends

• My Neighbor Totoro

  Bash’s Fave

• Princess Mononoke

  Dana’s Fave?

• Kiki's Delivery Service

  Ivy’s Fave

• Castle in the Sky

  Mirabelle’s Fave

• The Cat Returns

  Angel’s Fave

• Ponyo

  Ivy Rec, Bash Rec

• Porco Rosso

  Dana Rec

• Howl's Moving Castle

  Keep English Dub Howl away

• In the Mood for Love
• Chungking Express
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
• The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
• About Time
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Dune: Part Two
• Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
• Challengers
• Scream

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Millennium Actress
2. Perfect Blue
3. Tokyo Godfathers
4. Paprika

1. Grave of the Fireflies
2. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
3. Spirited Away
4. Kiki's Delivery Service
5. The Boy and the Heron

Good luck recommending any of these.

1. Decision to Leave
2. The Handmaiden
3. Lady Vengeance
4. Oldboy
5. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

I've always avoided horror films because I am a silly little bitch. I've tried changing that by trying to watch at least one a year during October.

(I’ve seen other horror films, but this list only includes the ones I watch during the month of October)

• Beetlejuice
• The Shining
• Shutter
• Feng Shui
• Perfect Blue

  2023

• Midsommar
• Lake Mungo
• Fear Street: 1994

or as I like to call em: the Thwip Thwip movies

1. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
3. Spider-Man: Homecoming
4. Spider-Man 2
5. Spider-Man: Far From Home
6. Spider-Man
7. Spider-Man: No Way Home
8. Spider-Man 3
9. The Amazing Spider-Man
10. The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Olivia somehow bamboozled me into watching Scream (1996). She then somehow bamboozled me into watching the rest of franchise. This is probably how I rank them.

1. Scream 4
2. Scream VI
3. Scream
4. Scream 3
5. Scream 2
6. Scream

One day I will commit to watching Happy Hour. One day.

1. Drive My Car
2. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
3. Heaven Is Still Far Away
4. Asako I & II
5. Evil Does Not Exist

No Endgame. I’m not rating Endgame.

1. Avengers: Infinity War
2. Spider-Man: Homecoming
3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
5. Iron Man 3
6. The Avengers
7. Guardians of the Galaxy
8. Thor: Ragnarok
9. Spider-Man: Far From Home
10. Captain America: The First Avenger

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Suicide Squad
2. Shazam!
3. Zack Snyder's Justice League
4. Aquaman
5. Wonder Woman
6. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
7. Wonder Woman 1984
8. Justice League
9. Man of Steel
10. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Eon Productions only

1. Skyfall
2. Casino Royale
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
4. From Russia with Love
5. The Spy Who Loved Me
6. GoldenEye
7. No Time to Die
8. Live and Let Die
9. Goldfinger
10. For Your Eyes Only

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.