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Recent reviews

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  Cabaret 1972

  ★★★★ Watched 04 Feb 2025

  Potentially masochistic to be watching this rn and Noticing lots of spooky parallels to the current situation across the pond but instead I will simply refuse to be an alarmist! Because life is a cabaret!

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  How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 2003

  ★★½ Watched 02 Feb 2025

  SERIOUS beef with a scene in which one of the characters gets into the shower wearing an 18K GOLD CARTIER TANK. As a watch lover I am infuriated at this lack of interest in timepiece care.

Popular reviews

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  Aftersun 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 01 Feb 2023

  I have this insufferable habit of going over every interaction with a person after they’re gone, looking for some beautiful thread that ties everything together and wraps everything into a neat little conclusion. A perfect, concise memorandum on why they did what they did and how if affected me. 
  Most of the time, though, I don’t find an answer. People aren’t very good at putting the entirety of themselves into a factual little box that explains every cruel comment, every…

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  Anora 2024

  ★★★ Watched 07 Jan 2025

  Wrestled with this one for a while, but I can’t in good conscience rate this film any higher despite how much I wanted to like it. I enjoyed some parts, but the issues I have with the film are too large to come away with an overall positive feeling towards this film.
  I loved the Florida Project and maybe bought into the hype on this one a bit too much, because it just didn’t click with me at all. Genuinely,…

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