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  Paths of Glory 1957

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 03 Nov 2024

  One of Kubrick's best, with the ending especially being one of the most powerful, soul-penetrating moments in all of cinema.

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  Joker: Folie à Deux 2024

  ★★★ Watched 05 Oct 2024

  The decision to make this a musical was a good call, as the ornate, hallucinated showtime sequences are definitely the highlight of the film. Folie à Deux is otherwise an interesting-in-theory reflection on the unexpected, mostly undeserved success and prestige the first film brought for writer/director Todd Phillips, but it fails to develop these ideas or any other compelling qualities for the majority of its runtime. For how much instant notoriety this film attained for alienating most of its audience, it's surprisingly tepid.

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  John Wick: Chapter 4 2023

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 29 Mar 2023

  The John Wick series was already the only Hollywood production that could compete with the visceral and lightning fast fight scenes in The Raid, and Chad Stahelski and Keanu Reeves have been reaching new heights with each installment. Plenty of people claim this series jumped the shark with its sequels, I say everyone involved just became more and more sure of themselves as their budget, ambition, and experience level grew. This is true of the action setpieces, obviously, but also…

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  Barbie 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 22 Jul 2023 1

  For how almost perfectly it delivers on great sets, costumes, comedy (especially where Ken is concerned), and music numbers, the film is held back by its brutish method of delivering its feminist messaging. Every idea that could have been more gracefully implied is instead monologued. Practically every scene in the second and third act suffer from this. Still a fun blockbuster with a lot of personality though.

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