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Recent reviews

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  The Curse of La Llorona 2019

  ★★ Watched 03 Oct 2024

  Halfway through I was like “what the hell? I thought this was supposed to be good?!” then realized I was watching the wrong one. Damnit!

  I’ll have to give “La Llorna” a try at some point.

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  Afraid 2024

  ★½ Watched 05 Sep 2024

  If this movie wasn’t 84 minutes I probably would’ve walked out. Absolutely horrid writing, dialogue, and boring as shit.

Popular reviews

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  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012

  ★★½ Watched 19 Dec 2012 9

  There are so many problems with the Hobbit it's difficult to decide where to begin.

  The first though is the overblown runtime and the shocking amount of filler. Never have I watched a movie where I could so easily go through and literally remove half- and not only lose nothing, but substantially make the film better by doing so. There are scene after scene of bloat, whether they are standalone segments that could be removed entirely since they have no…

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  Man of Steel 2013

  ★★★½ Watched 13 Jun 2013 5

  Man of Steel isn't quite what I was expecting. I had avoided the previews as I typically do with a movie I intend to see anyways, so I was pleasantly surprised that by-and-large we avoided 45 minutes of growing-up-in-Kansas and Clark being a clumsy newspaper man. Some of these typical elements are sliced-and-diced into flashbacks throughout the movie, which is a refreshing change (vs say The Amazing Spiderman), but at the same time doesn't give quite the build up of…