By Michelle Tran — Does not speak Korean. Watched Korean movies anyway. Surprised by how much she got. Last updated: May 2026 I put on Parasite without knowing anything about it. I did not know it won an Oscar. I did not know it was in Korean. I just hit play. The first line was subtitled. Then another. I … Read more
By Melissa Park — Watched the classics. Did not love all of them. Feels fine about that. Last updated: May 2026 I watched Citizen Kane because it is supposed to be the greatest movie of all time. Every list says so. Every critic agrees. I was in film studies in college. I had to watch it. I did not … Read more
By Michelle Zhao — Movie fan who thought dialogue was everything. Learned otherwise. Last updated: April 2026 I was curious about how movies work. Not the story. The craft. So I tried an experiment. I watched a movie I had seen before with the sound completely off. No dialogue. No music. No sound effects. Just moving pictures. … Read more
By Daniel Kim — Used to ignore anything black and white. Now watches movies from every decade. Last updated: April 2026 Until a few years ago, I had a rule. I only watched movies made after 1990. Anything older felt ancient. The black and white ones? Forget it. I assumed they were slow, boring, and not for … Read more
By Amanda Reed — Changed her mind about a movie. Still changes her mind about things. Last updated: April 2026 When I was 15, my parents made me watch The Princess Bride. They loved it. They quoted it all the time. “Inconceivable!” “My name is Inigo Montoya.” “As you wish.” I hated it. It was old. The jokes … Read more
By Sam Lin — Impatient movie watcher. Tried an experiment. Would not recommend it. Last updated: April 2026 I was bored. The movie was slow. Really slow. A long shot of a man walking across a field. Then a long shot of a woman looking out a window. Then a long shot of the same field, but … Read more
By Ryan Foster — Movie fan with unpopular opinions. Willing to change them sometimes. Last updated: April 2026 Everyone told me to watch La La Land. “You will love it,” they said. “It is beautiful,” they said. “The ending,” they said, with that look people get when they do not want to spoil something but also want you … Read more
By Kevin Zhang — Movie watcher. Does not cry easily at movies. Was surprised by this one. Last updated: April 2026 I do not cry at movies. Sad scenes do not get me. Tragic endings do not get me. I feel bad for the characters, but my eyes stay dry. Then I watched a comedy. A silly … Read more
By Tom Harper — Movie fan. Former credit-skipper. Now stays until the lights come on. Last updated: April 2026 I used to be the first person out of the theater. The moment the screen went black, I was up. Coat on. Phone out. Walking toward the exit. I did not care about the credits. Names I did … Read more
By Nora Chen — Movie fan who has changed her mind about many films. Keeps a list of movies to try again. Last updated: April 2026 I walked out of 2001: A Space Odyssey the first time I tried to watch it. I was in college. A friend had recommended it. “Greatest sci-fi movie ever made,” he said. I … Read more