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Recent reviews

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  American Fiction 2023

  Watched 19 Feb 2024

  A waste of J Wright. Also, could probably do with more of whatever movie Sterling in. Because why not.

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  Creed III 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 18 Mar 2023

  Majors is a supernova. Choreo and some of second act doesn’t work as much but the emotion out of MBJ directorial debut is pretty glaringly beautiful. Wood Harris FTW also.

Popular reviews

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  Daughters of the Dust 1991

  ★★★★★ Watched 31 Mar 2019

  There is no place in the American film cannon for this. Simply put, it is outside of the scope of both Hollywood and even the independent circles it came from. Ebert said it best when reviewing it when he noted, “At certain moments we are not sure exactly what is being said or signified, but by the end we understand everything that happened — not in an intellectual way, but in an emotional way”. These words have stuck with me…

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  The Favourite 2018

  ★★★★½ Watched 11 Jan 2019

  Yorgos does it again. An amazing satire that is equally dark, funny and witty. A three-headed monster led by Olivia Coleman was some of the best acting of 2018. Turning a period piece on its head like Yorgos does here is a perfect example of how old Hollywood tropes in movies can be repackaged with some life!

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