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  Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Jul 2023

  Cruise has now been Ethan Hunt for as many films as Roger Moore played James Bond. Tom will play the character at least one more time in (hopefully) next year's dead reckoning part 2. These films do a lot right - they're genuine follow ups but not "sequels" to a fault. None of them are alike in tone or the threat our heroes have to face, but all eagerly announce that they are part of the same story, that Ethan…

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  Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Dec 2022 2

  the thinking man's DUNC

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  Nightmare Alley 2021

  ★★★½ Added

  Fascinating of course. Never quite seduces like the original did, but occasionally does comes close to outdoing it. A mixed bag, but I can't really point out any singular sticking point. Maybe that's the problem here. Comparing the two when I really shouldn't, but I also can't help it.

  Script wise, its a bit more telegraphed: the ending, the big twists, and the eventual undoing. More interesting is how little Del Toro is even interested in the con artistry. Those…

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  The Thing 1982

  ★★★★½ Added 1

  Chilling and completely effective. There is no way this piece of work should be my thing(hehe) but it is and works for me. The creature work is above and beyond what I had expected, and thankfully, I had glanced upon very few visuals from this film before this watch so it kept me on the edge the whole time.

  The ending really really is stellar and leans into ambiguity so hard I can't help but love it. Not much to…

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