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  Kinds of Kindness 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 06 Jul 2024

  Feel likes a trio of high budget student films, often in a good way, but by the end of the third a bit tiring. Many cheap thrills and chills. Depth, not much that I could sense. Still, well shot and well acted.

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  Tampopo 1985

  ★★★★ Watched 26 Jun 2024

  A lighthearted meditation on our relationships to food and to each other. Surprisingly tender, not to mention a feast for the eyes. Seriously though, do not watch on an empty stomach.

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  Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 2024

  ★★★ Watched 31 May 2024

  Felt cheap throughout, always trying too hard or too little. Dull and uninspired performances. Visually like a series of video game cutscenes. There was a lot of potential in the "saga" format, spanning some 20 years, but mostly wasted.

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  Leave the World Behind 2023

  ★★★ Watched 13 May 2024

  Draws you in with solid audiovisuals and simmering tension, but the payoff hardly earns the long and eventually torturously oblique setup.

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