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  Megalopolis 2024

  ★★½ Watched 26 Sep 2024

  I guess we know how often Francis Ford Coppola thinks about the Roman Empire

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  Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 2024

  ★★★ Watched 16 Jun 2024

  I thoroughly enjoyed each of the first three installments in this Revival Series, so I was skeptical when they decided to revive the revival. Consider me not yet convinced. The most compelling characters had the least screen time while the main characters feel ill-defined. I expect that our lead human and lead ape will continue on in future installments, so maybe I will look back on this and see it differently.

  This had a lot of great ideas that just…

Popular reviews

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  Da 5 Bloods 2020

  ★★★★½ Watched 13 Jun 2020

  There's a certain level of complexity of themes and characters that Vietnam War films typically sport, the genre truly lends itself to it, and that is largely why I gravitate to the genre. That is no truer than in Spike Lee's latest feature Da 5 Bloods, in his follow up to the Academy Award Winning BlacKkKlansman Spike Lee is able to take the success of his last film and build on it, adding further depth and setting the viewer on…

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  Mortal Kombat 2021

  ★★★ Watched 24 Apr 2021

  I tend to count myself among the uninitiated  when it comes to the Mortal Kombat franchise.  I suppose I may be more familiar with the property than the general population, but my familiarity begins and ends with hearing the sounds of “Finish Him,” and, “Fatality,” coming from the arcade machine at the local bowling alley growing up.  And all that being said, I found myself actually looking forward to this movie in the final few weeks of ads in the run-up to the…

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