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  Young Adult 2011

  ★★ Rewatched 19 Mar 2025

  I’ve now been underwhelmed THREE times by this damn movie.

  I don’t care if the gays have a hard-on for Charlize and Diablo (and Patrick), this movie is just meh.

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  Stardust Memories 1980

  ★½ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  What self-indulgence! Not even the gorgeous Gordon Willis cinematography makes this worth sitting through.

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  Mask 1985

  ★★★½ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025

  Director’s cut, with Springsteen music.*.  Uneven but heartfelt tear-jerker elevated by strong performances from Eric Stoltz, Sam Elliott (sexy) and Laura Dern. Cher is fine but brings distracting star power to a movie that doesn’t need it.

  
  *Also, director’s cut anachronistically includes “Born in the USA” when it’s set in 1980.

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  Emilia Pérez 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Dec 2024

  I’m not sure if this is a great musical per se, but it is at least, a very good film (and it’s infinitely better than Wicked).

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