#Watching PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE

Every time I watch a movie with the word "portrait" in the title a member of my family gets killed.

https://letterboxd.com/noeljpenaflor/film/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire/

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A ★★★★½ review of Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

If it weren't for you fellow Letterboxd-ers I wouldn't have watched this. You gave me the courage. Not because I didn't think it would be great but because every time I watch a movie with the word "portrait" in the title a member of my family gets killed... 1986- Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer- After seeing this my Uncle Jeff Falls out of a plane and lands on a Rhino's horn 1996- The Portrait of a Lady- my Aunt Vanessa Falls out of Plane and lands on another plane. She's fine until that plane flies into a mountain. Darn

#Watching MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE

"Fisto, He fists people"-- I think that line of dialogue was originally attributed to Paddy Chayefsy or Elaine May. I can't quite remember who.

https://letterboxd.com/noeljpenaflor/film/masters-of-the-universe-2026/

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A ★★½ review of Masters of the Universe (2026)

"Fisto, He fists people"-- I think that line of dialogue was originally attributed to Paddy Chayefsy or Elaine May. I can't quite remember who. More GI Joe: Rise of Cobra than Barbie, but you were expecting that. Tries to be camp and super serious at the same time and never quite figures out which lane to pick. The movie suffers for it and that two and a quarter hour runtime isn't helping things either. Jared Leto is such a bitchy queen as Skeletor. He's voice acting in another movie entirely ("Big...shiny sword") and we're here for it. Everything is serviceable

#Watching POWER BALLAD

Featuring some of the whitest music you'll hear all year. Even I had to dip my fries in mayonnaise.

https://letterboxd.com/noeljpenaflor/film/power-ballad/

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A ★★★ review of Power Ballad (2026)

Featuring some of the whitest music you'll hear all year. Even I had to dip my fries in mayonnaise. It's a John Carney movie, so for better or worse (mostly better) you know what you're getting into and in that respect it delivers everything you'd expected and nothing more. Every beat is telegraphed. Every character arc is neatly drawn. But you're still snapping your fingers off rhythm and doing that windmill thing with your hands that Eddie Murphy makes fun on in Raw. A comfort food movie you can easily play in the background while making sure Barbara's potato salad

#Watching DEAD MAN'S WIRE

Pour some liquor out for he furry animal that sacrificed itself to become Bill Skarsgard's moustache and Cary Elwes' wig.

https://letterboxd.com/noeljpenaflor/film/dead-mans-wire/

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A ★★★½ review of Dead Man's Wire (2025)

Pour some liquor out for he furry animal that sacrificed itself to become Bill Skarsgard's moustache and Cary Elwes' wig.

Trust me, there is so much more to it than that. There's so much that's revealed about the worlds that surrounds each of them. It's funny and heartbreaking.

A definite recommend.

#Arco #ArcoMovie #ArcoFilm #Oscars #MovieReviews #FilmReviews 3/3

I had wanted to see #Arco #ArcoMovie #ArcoFilm in theatres (partly because it was a 2026 Academy Award #Oscars nominee for Best Animated Feature Film, but also because I'd heard good things about it) but hadn't gotten the chance to, so I recently watched it since it's currently available on Hulu. Note that it's the dubbed English version, not the original French version, but they did such a good job that you can't really tell that it's dubbed.

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A ★ review of The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) (2011)

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A ★★★½ review of Backrooms (2026)

Skinamarink-al Value. The Worst Person Along These Walls. !2 Years A Slave To These Halls. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve- Two great actors whose names I have to enunciate to pronounce. Maintains tensions for a good portion of its running time. At its best you look at every corner of the frame, getting ready to a scared...at nothing. You're off balance so much of the time by the time that _______ you're more than aware that audience has been doing most of the heavy lifting. At its worst, like the characters for a good portion of the movie, you're going