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  The Hellcats 1968

  ★ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025 1

  In retrospect, The Hellcats is one of those happy mistake movies—it's one we really shouldn't have done, and yet it turned out funny, so I'm glad we did. — Michael J. Nelson, MST3K Amazing Colossal Episode Guide

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  Brief Encounter 1945

  ★★★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Criterion Challenge 2024 | 43/52 | 1940s

  Trains come and go through Milford Junction. Albert Godby, the ticket inspector, checks his watch and visits the station's refreshment room. There, he gets a coffee from the cafe owner, Myrtle Bagot, and the two carry on, although Myrtle is cold with Albert since he didn't make it in yesterday. Two people, Laura Jesson and Dr. Alec Harvey, sit at a table in the corner. Dolly, Laura's work colleague, bursts into the room,…

Popular reviews

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  The American Society of Magical Negroes 2024

  ★★ Watched 14 Mar 2024 1

  Was Sorry to Bother You too confrontational? Did Dear White People still make you feel guilty? Was American Fiction's dated critique too pointed? 

  Here's a toothless movie about white fragility that doesn't functionally critique the respectability politics it lampoons. But don't worry, we get a speech near the end that amounts to, "Did you know Black Lives Matter?"

  Here's what I liked: the movie had some funny jokes, Justice Smith and An-Li Bogan had moments of palpable on-screen chemistry, and…

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  Heretic 2024

  ★★½ Watched 10 Mar 2025

  Joke review:

  He loves board games, won't shut up about religion, and casually mentions Radiohead—have the writers been on the same Hinge dates as me?

  
  Actual Review:

  Here I am, lonely, tired and lonely, crying for home in vain, just like a butterfly that's caught in the rain. — Ipana Troubadours

  What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here. — Radiohead

  Shut up, shut up — Lana Del Rey

  Two Mormon missionaries, Sister Barnes and SIster Paxton,…