Tea-Meter: 10/10

”The world still needs you. Of course, they’ll never know it, but we did it. We who live and die in the shadows. This message will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Ethan.”

McQuarrie pulls out all the stops. A little too ambitious for its own good? Maybe, but I can’t help but ire a film that feels so ionately crafted — it’s evident that despite however much studio interference there was, McQuarrie wanted to maximize the stakes…

Tea-Meter: 10/10

"If we are to tame darkness, we must first face that it exists."

This review is dedicated to Hutter. Thank you for introducing me to Nosferatu and the world of vampyres, and thank you for being a great friend. Merry Nosferatumas!

Manipulation and suffering as a consequence of ignorance and oppression, with misogyny and the bonds of society being the root cause of it all. What Robert Eggers does with his ion project, Nosferatu, is astounding — he…

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[REWATCH] Tea-Meter: 10/10

"The world doesn't know it, but they're counting on you. Good luck, Ethan."

As McQuarrie has been building up his Mission films to be about the perseverance of love and empathy in a cold landscape of global tensions, what better way to conclude the story than with an antagonist who's as cold, cruel, and heartless as it gets? A literal A.I. machine, the Entity, lacking all organic parts to be living and…

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[REWATCH] Tea-Meter: 10/10

"We need people like you, who care about the one life as much as they care about the millions. That way I never have to."

This is without a doubt the most intricate, complicated Mission film in the series, a winding, twisting maze being crafted along the journey as a result of the fallout of each character's actions. Arguably, yes, it shares a lot of similarities to Rogue Nation, but it's so…

Tea-Meter: 10/10

”You keep dancing with the devil... one day he's gonna follow you home.”

The devil in this scenario is the white man.

The lore of vampyres has been ever-changing and evolving throughout the decades, but one of the most commonly accepted “rules” of the mythological creatures is their ability to turn others into bloodsucking monsters, like a condition or disease which can be ed on from one to another, often without the victim’s consent. Ryan Coogler uses this…

Tea-Meter: 9/10

"Our entire life is a punishment."

If Parasite was Bong Joon-ho's most explicitly anti-capitalist film, Mickey 17 is his most explicitly anti-fascist film — a hilarious, exhilarating political satire with every intention of making fun of the modern United States of America. The concept of space colonization directly mocks Elon Musk and his mission to go to Mars, and the failed politician with a cult following (Mark Ruffalo as Kenneth Marshall) is meant to ridicule the stupidity of…