Eva Lees 😈👧🎼🍂

Hedda (2025)

Oh man, does this one swing and sizzle. I’ve never read Ibsen but this certainly has my attention. I love Nia DaCosta’s screenplay to this but I don’t love the lighting/camera work. Still, the complexity of these women makes me feel at home in some way. To be not all bad or good.

I walked 200 miles over the course of 13 days to protest the Illinois Budget Crisis of 2017. (That’s me 3rd from the left)

i’d make the case that the doohickey oughta be mentioned in the same breath as excalibur and other weapons of legend

I don't know how they made Dek so expressive while still retaining the Predator design, but Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi is delightful. And matching him all the way is Elle Fanning's Thia, she is a joy to watch and her action sequence when she escapes the box is ridiculously inventive and fun.

Predator: Badlands (2025)

I was genuinely shocked with this one!

They made a blunt commentary on deprogramming the manosphere through Predator, while also expanding the lore on an absolutely brutal planet. A little Disney-fied with few story surprises but a super fun ride.

Prey (2022)

Fantastic camera work, music and action. Naru’s a great hero, and Comanche culture in a Predator movie was fresh and exciting. I like the story (it's a little obvi though) and the performances, but the dialogue/one-liners let the movie down a little. Still, good flick!

Aww congrats!!

So so so sick

Ken, can we get a “trans rights” on Jeopardy?

Got tickets for myself and Michael! He's never seen it and I'm super excited to show him my childhood favorite like this. ♥

*For that to fully sell me, but I can totally see your point!

Really good points, and I'd be inclined to agree.

I think XIV (been a while since I've played) would need more representations of fatness that aren't Vauthry for that to sell me. Dulia-Chai is an overall positive character but her affection for food is still played for laughs IIRC.

Yupyup.

This is also a criticism I had with FFXIV Shadowbringers. We need to get away from this idea that fatness = greed, especially when obesity in the United States is more often seen amongst poor people due to shit nutrition options and food deserts.

"There’s a lot to like about Resident Evil: Requiem. It’s a fun action game with some great scares. I just wish I hadn’t had to find out that apparently, the game’s developers think that fat people are not worthy of human dignity, nor even characterization."

Eva Padilla’s profile Eva uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 582 films watched. Favorites: Liz and the Blue Bird (2018), Blade Runner (1982), Metropolis (1927), Pan's Labyrinth (2006).

Started logging things on Letterboxd! I think I've almost remembered everything I've seen that I can fairly give a rating to. Please feel free to follow and I'll follow back because I should really learn how to use this site lol.

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Too many people never heard or understood the term, “My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.”

Unprofessional’s not the word for it, I just wasn’t really a fan of it and I felt it was at odds with the screenplay’s strength from time to time. But, that’s ultimately it’s own choice that also makes it feel more everyday in some way.

It Was Just An Accident (2025)

Oh wow. Those last 25 minutes are something else.

An insanely brave movie for the moment. Yes, the acting is “unprofessional,” yes the dialogue is a little stilted but the plot and the morality of these characters is masterful.

I just saw a commercial for an AI that used “All Caps” by Madvillain.

I want to throw up.

110 out of 250, not bad!

I meant best but yeah, I also hope he hits cancer with the boomstick.

In The Mood For Love (2000)

First Wong Kar-wai film! Was loving so much about this, the lack of showing the spouses’ faces, the dresses, the remarkable, stitched-together quality of the narrative. Yes, it’s just so singular and Like That.

Aww Bruce. Wishing him every bit of the beat.

It’s a pretty fun flick!

… This won’t go over well for those who haven’t seen Glass Onion, will it?

I had a conversation with a student last week who, after talking with me about Epstein, asked You think Pizzagate’s real?” and I said “We’re bringing up Pizzagate in the Big ‘26?”

MY James Bond doesn’t have a gag reflex. 💯

Uncut Gems (2019)

There’s something about watching this now when everything is fucking gambling that makes my blood boil just a little more. Still insane, still very entertaining and brilliantly made but I don’t connect with it much.

Kingdom Hearts