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  Zero Day 2025

  ★★½ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  "The way to solve our problems is to look for common good, not wins"

  This feels made in another time and for another time. A stellar cast and some themes with a lot of potential, but unfortunately it gets lost in too many episodes and an equidistant "bothsidism" ending afraid to take a stance on the issues it deals with.

  It probably would have been better as a film, but then you still have a political thriller that doesn't actually dive into the actual politics of the characters and keeps the political side intentionally vague to avoid offending either side.

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★★½ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  "It's okay for me to be happy."

  I am beginning to think that Bong Joon Ho has some sort of critique of the capitalist system.

  Pacing a little bit iffy on the last act but an eclectic Pattinson carries this film hard. Hilarious and beautiful dark comedy, it never takes itself too seriously despite dealing with very serious issues, perhaps too many at once but I kept thinking about this one for days.

  Robert Pattinson, we forgive you, king.

Popular reviews

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 12 Mar 2025

  “None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe themselves free.”

  The eternal dilemma of the artist, to capture his ideas and his essence in a masterpiece, sacrificing everything in the process. Once you have sacrificed your wellbeing, your family and even your ideals in order to complete your work... Can you say that you have really captured what you wanted to do in the first place?

  A raw piece about obsession, art, dignity and about how the American…

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  Better Man 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 17 Feb 2025

  Crazy enough for this monkey thing to work, Gallagher brothers jumpscare included.