The shelf — Alireza M. Kamelabad

Films

Favorite films — a living list, updated when something earns it.

What's the Time in Your World?

Safi Yazdanian · 2014 · 🇮🇷 Iran

Drama

The only movie that I immediately played over and watched again, as soon as I finished watching it the first time. Amazing adapted and original music tracks. This movie turned Gilan and many of its cities into one of my top-three regions in Iran. It is a poem and not a movie really. It's an honest love story that does not pretend, it just is! (could it be that the main two characters are spouses in real life? who knows...)

IMDb ★ 7.6 Mine 7/10

The Birds

Alfred Hitchcock · 1963 · 🇺🇸 United States

Horror

IMDb ★ 7.7 Mine 10/10

The Game

David Fincher · 1997 · 🇺🇸 United States

Fantasy

Series

Shows worth the time — a living list, updated when something earns it.

My rating

IMDb ★ 9

Rick and Morty

9 Seasons · 91 Episodes

Adult Swim

I have rewatched many episodes multiple times. The overall story and the exaggerated narrative engages me deeply. Some episodes are very deep even though the show might not look like it.

IMDb ★ 8.7

The Dark

3 Seasons · 26 Episodes

Netflix

It was one of the shows were by the very last moment of it I stopped and said: "Really; dark!". The name fits the show. But somehow, even though I love good endings, the somewhat dark ending of it satisfied me and I could not complain. It kind of makes you empathize with the torture and agony of the characters so that even you wish this for them to end. Also, very neat taste of time travel and multiverse interpretation.

IMDb ★ 9.3

Chernobyl

1 Season · 5 Episodes

HBO Max

IMDb ★ 7.8

The Umbrella Academy

4 Seasons · 36 Episodes

Netflix

One of the shows that I waited for a long time to get the last season of it. I enjoyed the ride, but in the end, my questions were not answered properly. However, I really like the ambiance and theme of the show. The colors, fashion, type of powers. One of the most amazing and heartwarming moments was how they reflected the gender transition of Elliot Page that happened in real life, in the show as well. Instead of going through recasting or forcing him to play her. Kudos.

IMDb ★ 7.6

Foundation

3 Seasons · 30 Episodes · David S. Goyer, Josh Friedman

Apple TV

IMDb ★ 8.1

Silo

3 Seasons · 30 Episodes · Graham Yost

Apple TV

IMDb ★ 6.6

Lucky

1 Season · 7 Episodes · Jonathan Tropper

Apple TV

IMDb ★ 7.6

Dark Matter

2 Seasons · 16 Episodes · Blake Crouch

Apple TV

IMDb ★ 8.1

Shrinking

3 Seasons · 34 Episodes · Bill Lawrence, Jason Segel, Brett Goldstein

Apple TV

IMDb ★ 7.5

3 Body Problem

1 Season · 8 Episodes · David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Alexander Woo

Netflix

IMDb ★ 8.6

Severance

2 Seasons · 19 Episodes · Dan Erickson

Apple TV

IMDb ★ 7.7

Your Friends & Neighbors

2 Seasons · 19 Episodes · Jonathan Tropper

Apple TV

Mine 9/10 IMDb ★ 8

Pluribus

1 Season · 9 Episodes · Vince Gilligan

Apple TV

Mine 7/10 IMDb ★ 7.4

Murderbot

1 Season · 10 Episodes · Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz

Apple TV

It was a fun and different sci-fi style for a far future with sentient robots. I liked how differently it approached this.

Mine 7/10 IMDb ★ 7.6

SEE

3 Seasons · 24 Episodes · Steven Knight

Apple TV

It was engaging and fun to watch. I respected the efforts that all the actors put in performing as if they were blind for three whole seasons. That was respectable. Apart from that in places it was very fun to watch and goofy. It was exceptionally frustrating to watch the Kofun character develop! even somewhat painful.

PS5 Games

The list of games that I have completed on my PS5, and a note about how I feel about them.

My rating

Mine 10/10 IMDb ★ 9.6

God of War

Santa Monica Studio · 2018

Action-Adventure

Together with its sequel are the top two best games I have ever played.

Mine 10/10

God of War Ragnarök

Santa Monica Studio · 2022

Action-Adventure

The best game I have ever played. Amazing story-telling, great characters. Best connection I could make with a video game.

Hogwarts Legacy

Avalanche Software · 2023

Action RPG

IMDb ★ 9.7

Red Dead Redemption 2

Rockstar Games · 2018

Action-Adventure

IMDb ★ 6.7

Horizon Zero Dawn

Guerrilla Games · 2017

Action RPG

Horizon Forbidden West

Guerrilla Games · 2022

Action RPG

Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart

Insomniac Games · 2021

Platformer

IMDb ★ 9

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Insomniac Games · 2023

Action-Adventure

IMDb ★ 8.3

The Last of Us Part II Remastered

Naughty Dog · 2024

Action-Adventure

Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut

Sucker Punch Productions · 2021

Action-Adventure

Mine 7/10 IMDb ★ 9.4

It Takes Two

Hazelight Studios · 2021

Co-op Adventure

Overall, a great game to play with your partner. It is dynamic and you are free to play mini-games that diversifies the game-play between collaboration and a little competition. At times, it also requires patience to coordinate the play with your co-player and if you play it with a loved one, it could even act as a therapeutic experience. Or you might straight get into a fight :D. But I must say, after some time it could get boring and repetetive. It is worth to mention that it has some insanely creepy agressive moments that leaves you in awe (Check reddit [The entire Cutie scene is perhaps the most disturbing and uncomfortable thing I've ever seen in a video game.](https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1japhvr/the_entire_cutie_scene_is_perhaps_the_most/) and [Just got to the cutie scene and it ruined the entire game for me, am i the only one?](https://www.reddit.com/r/ItTakesTwo/comments/p2eu0s/just_got_to_the_cutie_scene_and_it_ruined_the/))!

Mine 10/10 IMDb ★ 8.2

Stray

BlueTwelve Studio · 2022

Indie

I never thought I would be shedding tears over a game where you play as a cat. But here we are. Amazing story-telling, great characters, world-building, unique atmosphere. Also what makes the game stand out, is the unique take on the cyberpunk genre and an alternative to a post-apocalyptic world which I have not seen its likes before. Overall, a must-play game.