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  Inside Man 2006

  ★★★★ Added

  "When there's blood on the streets, buy property."
  "When there's blood on the streets, someone's going to jail."

  I thought I saw Denzel in Training Day and thought that was it. It's peak. Then I watched Inside Man.

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  Fail Safe 1964

  ★★★★ Added

  For a brief moment during the film, when they're able to get through to the Vindicator, you can suddenly feel the enormity of things. How uncontrollable the woods are despite the trees being within reach. How the system is such that it can't be beat, despite you having access to all its units. The house always wins. Here the house is human nature.

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  The Batman 2022

  ★★★★½ Added

  The Batman is not an unimpeachable static ideal. It’s a constant resistance to step over the brink, to guard against the ‘little push’ that Heath Ledger’s Joker so characteristically celebrated. It’s a perpetual walk on the sharp edge of the abyss. And that is at once, both tragic and inspiring. That is The Batman.

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  Eternals 2021

  ★★ Watched 20 Jan 2022

  Character growth is jarring. Emotional switches are sudden. The sound design was done by a child. The script was probably written on scraps of used tissues (not even whole rolls). With such a grand setup, the scope to do something good here was endless. I actually liked how the movie felt when it began, but then its horrible progression made it drag on eternally. Yes, pun intended. Does anything work in the film? Yes, the visuals are mighty well done.…

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