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Off Campus is pretty entertaining, and I love how refreshingly mature Garrett and Hannah are. They have strong communication and trust. The show handled difficult topics pretty well. The romance was a bit rushed, but overall great. Allie and Jules are my favorite characters.

That being said, I'm frustrated as a nonbinary person that they didn't cast an openly nonbinary or trans actor as the nonbinary character. (P.S. No matter how frustrated anyone reading this might be, please DO NOT go bully Julia Sarah Stone. That's not okay.)

Netflix's Vladimir could have been a lot better than it was. There were certainly a lot of missed opportunities and storytelling weaknesses. That being said, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Rachel Weisz gave a fantastic performance, and I love how utterly unreliable the protagonist was. The fourth-wall breaks were quite funny, and I liked most of the changes to the book. It's definitely worth checking out.

I generally enjoy Sophie Turner's acting, but she couldn't even make this movie good. Trust is an absolute mess that doesn't seem to know what it wants to say. It only superficially explores its themes. We spend way too much time with the side characters instead of Lauren, and the movie doesn't actually give us a reason to care about them. Every character except Loretta, the nice lady introduced halfway through, behaves in erratic and nonsensical ways. Even some of Lauren's choices seem downright stupid, though they later try to paint her as the smart survivalist.

That being said, I did enjoy the final action sequence with Lauren, so it gets an extra star.

Technically, Black Rabbit is fantastic. It's beautifully gritty and moody, which is an aesthetic I enjoy. The shots are also well-crafted.

That being said, the story was an absolute bummer! The characters were unlikable, the subplots were unnecessary, and it was PAINFULLY slow. I wish I hadn't wasted eight hours watching it. I'm only giving it three stars out of ten because of the technical aspects of the show.

If you love a slow-burning, genre-bending ghost story steeped in Mexican culture, this is the movie for you! I loved the book by Juan Rulfo, and this is a great adaptation with impressive visuals and storytelling. I'm especially impressed by the actors' performances.

As a queer person, I cannot in good conscience recommend this show to anyone. It reinforces harmful LGBTQ+ myths and stereotypes, which is the last thing we need right now.

This documentary is really interesting, but it's PAINFULLY slow. I had to watch it sped up to get through it.

The Legend of Ochi is a very unoriginal story with flat characters packaged in genuinely breathtaking visuals. It's painfully slow-paced, and the audio mixing wasn't always great. Still, the film is definitely best watched in the cinema to fully appreciate the landscapes, animatronics, and puppetry. Also, Helena Zengel gave a compelling performance that tugs on the heartstrings despite the poor character writing.