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  The Girl Next Door 2004

  ★★★½ Watched 14 Jan 2025

  not normally my style of movie but the acting was good, and the story was actually much sweeter than I would have expected. things resolve a bit too cleanly and some of the harder themes about sex work aren't explored as much as they could have been...but also it's a teen rom com, so I wouldn't necessarily expect it to get too real either. Overall quite enjoyed it

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  Lucky Baskhar 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 05 Jan 2025

  Really great film overall with a few threads that if they had been fully explored would have been perfect for me (sumitha's food business, and the final resolution trying to take the high road while still ending happy). Otherwise loved the execution of the flashbacks and the filming. Was a bit melodramatic, but that's also the genre

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  Challengers 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 27 Apr 2024

  this is such a a unique idea for a movie but I'm still quite confused where I stand on it. The complicated web of character interactions and editing different storylines together was done really well. I also enjoyed the cinematography and how visceral certain scenes felt, although I very much felt there was too much dramatized slow motion and the sound effects were too stylized. The interweaving of caring about tennis into romantic relationships was the driver for the entire…

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  A Haunting in Venice 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 19 Sep 2023

  I really enjoyed the depiction of Venice in this movie and the setting brought up very evocative emotions itself, perfect the haunted house vibes the movie was going for. All of the characters were well acted although unlike other Poirot mysteries I was a little less satisfied with everyone's motivations. It was still fun to try to figure out who did it and my guess kept changing over the course of the movie. I also liked that every character played…

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