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  Con Mum 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 25 Mar 2025

  I’m a sucker for con-woman biopics. Wish Graham was less gullible, but trauma had him primed as a perfect mark.

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  Anora 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 07 Feb 2025

  Loved, loved this! Busy, sexy, violent, sad and deeper levels than just flashyVegas and party scenes. You have to love Igor!!!

Popular reviews

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  Wifelike 2022

  ★★★ Watched 10 Jan 2023

  Yes a strange, but not impossible, premise of female companions to enliven human lives.

  The Terminator
  X
  Ron Gone Wrong
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  Cinemax at Night =

  Wife Like

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  The Holdovers 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 03 Feb 2024

  My “meh” reservations melted away as soon as Mary offers Mr. Hunham a mug of whiskey. The chemistry between Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa & Paul Giamatti was incredibly soothing and palpable.

  The purposeful cinematography, the 70’s vibe that felt authentic not schmatlzy, the detailed institutional buildings the big AND small bittersweet moments of teen-boy angst mixed together like a lovely red wine blend. It melted my heart, it made me laugh, it made me a silent observer, it made me…