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  The Man Who Would Be King 1975

  ★★★ Watched 19 Mar 2025

  It's fine, but it falls into the all-too-specific trap that a lot of similar films of the era fall into — being way too slow of a flick for my attention-deficit-having ass. Personal preference is personal preference and, yes, I understand this is based on a 19th century short story, not some graphic novel or pulp comic strip. I guess I just require a little bit more meat to an adventure film than "watch as these two swindlers hoodwink a…

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  Novocaine 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  Mostly effective, if a tad overlong, "Novocaine" delivers a good chunk of what the marketing promised, even though the phrase "could've been better" is showing up a lot in my evaluation of its key selling points. The action is fun and definitely uses the premise in a couple of entertaining ways. Could've been better, though. The central relationship between the two leads is held up quite sturdily by two likable performers giving their all. Could've been better, though. The humor…

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  Top Gun 1986

  ★★★★ Added 2

  80's action cheese done so, so right. Tony Scott's "Top Gun" is as well constructed on a technical level as it is from a pop culture standpoint. So many quotes, moments and images seem almost ready-made for cultural reverberation, it's almost not even fair, but I can't say I'm cynical about it. Like Pete Mitchell himself, the film is so unrelentingly sure of itself that, as an audience member, you kind of just acquiesce to the plucky earnestness of it…

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  Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood 2019

  ★★★★★ Added

  Amidst this year of unnecessary remakes, bloated sequels, and pathetic attempts at establishing IP, in comes Quentin Tarantino with a movie so wacky, so audacious, and so out there that you honestly can't help but smile when the credits finally roll. Yes, it's based on true events, but don't be fooled. This is a movie with a whole lot more going on with it than simply retelling certain historical moments. More deliberately paced than most Tarantino flicks, "Once Upon A…