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  Anora 2024

  ★★★ Watched 14 Mar 2025

  I thought this film was very funny and entertaining. However the overall story suffered and ended up being incredibly unfulfilling narrative.

  Most characters and their dialogue felt very real and the performances were great from the protagonists and the 3 Russian goons.

  Overall funny movie, well written dialogue (in the first half) and then the movie drops off heavily.

  Spoilers following

  While I found the plot of the protagonists falling for each other believable and honestly quite romantic, the climax…

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  La La Land 2016

  ★★★★ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  Great film! Stunning vibrant visuals and great acting performances.

  Did a great job of developing the protagonists and their relationship over the movie without making it obvious. What felt like many innocuous interactions culminated in a beautiful relationship that could be felt through the screen.

  Obviously the music added a lot, but most of all when the protagonists were performing or singing together it only lent to the chemistry of their characters. 

  All of this is realized particularly due to…

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  The Iron Claw 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 06 Mar 2025

  Very good acting and the actors really carry the story, however I found it to be a bit formulaic which made everything that happened very predictable despite me avoiding any trailers or background knowledge.

  Really just enjoyed the performances.

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  I'm Still Here 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 06 Mar 2025

  Incredibly beautiful movie; emotionally and aesthetically.

  The dialogue between characters and the performances of the characters were immaculate, including the child actors which is a high praise.

  The emotion conveyed by the actors made every scene so visceral, at times was angry, and others I was sad, occasionally the movie also made me feel happy and at ease which only lent to the impact of the story.

  The only aspect of this movie that I have to critique is the…

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