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  • GoodFellas
  • Casino Royale
  • The Martian
  • Anora

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  • Independence Day

    ★★★½

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel

    ★★★★★

  • Interstellar

    ★★★★

  • Fight Club

    ★★★★½

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  • Independence Day

    Independence Day

    ★★★½

    This is one of those movies where you have to give yourself to the story. If you interrogate it closely, the cracks in the narrative will widen. Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith elevate this movie with their performances. I’m not necessarily saying that their acting wowed me, but each one of them brought a unique spark to their roles. The special effects are a mixed bag. Some stuff was clearly done with miniatures and, as such, holds up…

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    ★★★★★

    F. Murray Abraham’s voice is immensely soothing; I would listen to him narrating anything. This movie is quite charming, maybe the most charming movie i’ve ever watched. It maintains a light, playful nature despite dabbling in subjects like murder and war. Wes Anderson’s script is full of fun lines. Ralph Fiennes gets to deliver a number of those lines, and he seems to savor each one. More than the acting of the voice, I appreciate the physical acting in this…

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  • Fight Club

    Fight Club

    ★★★★½

    What a movie! It was past time for me to see what all the hype is about, and it did not disappoint. This movie is thrilling and stimulating from start to finish. It is a roaring inferno fed by the score from The Dust Brothers. Their score sounds vibrant and new even this many years later. Brad Pitt’s performance seems effortless. When he’s spitting his lines fast like rap lyrics or interrogating Edward Norton’s unnamed narrator, his character’s self-assuredness is…

  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★★

    The most perfect opening any movie can ask for, this movie has. It’d be impolite to ask for another serving, another immaculate introduction, but we get one not too much later when Harrison Van Buren (played by Guy Pearce) bursts into this movie with fury. I’ll also mention a specific shot from the time between those two events. This shot is the one that gives us our first look at the Van Buren house — I suppose you’d call it…

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