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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  am genuinely devastated to say this was absolutely not for me. loved rob but man does Bong draw this story out and take everything that could be seen as insightful, clever, or fun and stretch it to the point of pure tedium. so cartoonish and outlandish that i felt it diminished any moments of levity or heart the story aimed for.

  it’s kinda like looney tunes meets arrival meets Star Wars meets okja and every bit as chaotic and messy as that combination sounds.

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  Dune: Part Two 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 23 Feb 2025

  jaw was fully on the floor. lived up to the seemingly insurmountable hype in every possible regard. was about to cry because i so badly did not want this to end.

  2024 really was Zendaya’s year huh

Popular reviews

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  Silence 2016

  ★★★★½ Watched 15 Jan 2017 2

  A haunting, punishing, challenging meditation on the complex dynamics of faith and culture. I'm honestly surprised this film got a wide release.

  The audience in my theater didn't seem that into it, and I can't necessarily blame them, either.

  Silence is a film that requires extreme patience. Its creepingly slow pace will turn off many, but for those who stick with it, Scorcese delivers a film that isn't afraid to boldly go to some very dark, disturbing places without resorting…

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  Manchester by the Sea 2016

  ★★★★★ Watched 28 Dec 2016

  Amidst the utter shittiness 2016 has brought us, through the trials and tribulations of the modern world, Kenneth Lonergan has so delicately brought us Manchester by the Sea.

  A film so gutting, raw, brutal, powerful, compassionate, hilarious, and quietly observant, it rips apart your spirits and so tenderly lifts them back up again.

  Casey Affleck is winning that Oscar, absolutely no question about it.

  I think this is the movie, no matter how maliciously cruel life may seem, everyone needs right now.

  So utterly, completely incredible.

  Lonergan, this was everything that Margaret should have been.

  My favorite of 2016? Currently undecided.

  5/5