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Recent reviews

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  Captain America: Brave New World 2025

  ★★½ Watched 23 Feb 2025

  Sigh. Does nothing Brave. Does nothing New.

  How do we have eight writers and they all forgot to develop these characters? Half the scenes feel hastily pieced together with actors who never set foot on set together? Sam has no serum but is tossing that shield around like it’s ultimate frisbee? Idk man I’m trying to enjoy these. I WANT to enjoy these. I’m struggling.

  Follow up thoughts a few days later: I like Sam Wilson as Cap quite a…

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  Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2017

  ★★★★★ Watched 14 Feb 2025

  Dialogue Tarantino would kill for. Comedy so darkly hilarious Bong Joon-ho would cry laughing watching. A fire sequence Tarkovsky would have gawked at. And performances that should be studied from some of this generation’s finest. This may be Martin McDonagh’s magnum opus, an absolute masterpiece in my eyes.

Popular reviews

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  65 2023

  ★ Watched 26 Mar 2023

  It’s like if someone saw the movie ‘Logan’ and thought to themselves “okay but what if there was fuckin dinosaurs?”

  Has some fun ideas (the reveal of where they are is fun) that are unfortunately nestled between every genre trope you can imagine. Unenthused execution and first-script levels of dialog make even the fun or touching moments feel hollow. 

  The shot they used when the credits rolled had me in absolute stitches in the theater. 
  side note: did the costume department put the lead actress in Balenciaga speeds?

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  Blue Beetle 2023

  ★★★ Watched 19 Aug 2023

  I went into the theater expecting blue iron man and ended up walking out happily surprised by a touching, fun rehash of the origin story. It’s not going to be winning any Oscar’s for best performances or anything but the elements of family and love will have you forgiving any of that.  It almost felt like a nod to the Raimi Spider-Man trilogy? It hit on all the right notes. The action sequences especially!
  But with a blue iron man. …

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