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  Wishbone 2024

  ★★★ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  I found it rather lengthy but emotionally impactful and truthful. The last scene saves it from falling into full-on melodrama for me

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  My Old Ass 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 22 Feb 2025

  I was so annoyed in the beginning but by the middle the extra current speech patterns and mannerisms had integrated seamlessly into a coherent coming of age story and were barely noticeable. I was surprised at how much the film moved me. That actor playing Chad is bloody excellent, I hope he's noticed and seen more.

Popular reviews

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  Taxi Driver 1976

  ★★★★ Watched 26 Dec 2024

  Finally saw this classic. Unexpectedly modern sounding - not a shred of "of itals time" feeling about it; it coukd have been made today and felt just as sharp and topical. And I don't mean Joker, which is an apologia of incels - Taxi Driver is not about Travis, it's about the broken societal links that produced Travis. It's not an indictment, it's an insightful observation, with no moralising gaze.

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  I Used to Be Funny 2023

  ★★★ Watched 12 Oct 2024

  I don't like art about rape because the culture is so poisoned it seems impossible to say anything meaningful about it. This film isn't an exception but it does a good job of building believable characters at least. You need a high tolerance for terminally online mannerism though.