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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  This is the kind of thing that in other hands would result in a bloated ten episode miniseries. Instead we get the tight, original storytelling we used to expect from a time at the movies.

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  24 Hour Party People 2002

  ★★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  Coogan is the perfect unreliable narrator for this madcap, sometimes Python-esque look at the late 70s/early 80s Manchester music scene.

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  I Saw the TV Glow 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 30 Jun 2024

  Schoenbrun uses the language of the WB, Nickelodeon and creepypasta to tell a deeply affecting story about what it means to be true to ourselves. Specifically a unique story about trans and queer identity and dysphoria, ISTTVG may feel pitch black, but ultimately reminds the audience that it's never too late to be the real you. I could call this reminiscent of Lynch or Cronenberg, but what Jane has created feels entirely new and marks an exciting leap forward from a major voice.

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  Monkey Man 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 05 Apr 2024

  Patel has done his homework, whether it's flashes of Paul Greengrass, the Raid or even name-checking John Wick, Monkey Man is a killer visual stream of consciousness revenge flick. Add to that a healthy reminder of who we need to be fighting for in our society? (Can't wait for folks to see who Dev's allies are in this) It's a knock out debut.

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