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Recent reviews

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  Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules 2011

  ★★★½ Rewatched 24 Mar 2025

  Basically the same as the first one in my opinion. Everything great I said about Diary of a Wimpy Kid rings true here. I love this film so, so much, and much like the first one, it’s integral to my childhood. Some people say this one is better (that’s probably true, this is like a 3.55/5) but like… come on they’re functionally the same - those people are probably just in love with Rodrick.

  Each of these movies, I’ve noticed, set…

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  Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2010

  ★★★½ Rewatched 24 Mar 2025

  There are three gold standards for casting that come to mind when I’m thinking about “perfectly cast films”: Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa in Inglorious Basterds, the entire cast that rose to stardom after Dazed and Confused, and this film. Somebody give the casting director a raise and a half, this family FEELS like a real family in a way that is almost impossible to describe.

  Needless to say, this is a very different kind of 3.5/5 than “The Hangover”. Whereas that film…

Popular reviews

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  The Hangover 2009

  ★★★½ Rewatched 09 Mar 2025 1

  I watched this movie, along with its two sequels, on the plane to and from Italy over Spring Break - they were all available on the in-flight tablet things, so I figured I’d watch them all and give my thoughts on them (after all, I had 22 hours total of flight time so I had more than enough time to burn).

  I’ve seen “The Hangover” before, so some of the wildest jokes I already saw coming, but this was still…

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  Interstellar 2014

  ★★★★★ Watched 09 Dec 2024

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.