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  Goldfinger 1964

  ★★★★ Watched 03 Mar 2024

  It is difficult to understate the influence and importance of James Bond films in the history of cinema. By far, it is the most prolific and enduring movie franchise out there. The early films helped to define what action movies can be, and every generation since has grown up with their own Bond actor who embodied that era of action and globetrotting intrigue. While no singular Bond movie can really be identified as a true watershed film, each one seems…

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  Junior 1994

  ★ Watched 06 Dec 2023

  Good fucking God this movie is bad. Unfortunately, it is not bad in the right way.

  I think we are all here because of the premise of this movie, in which Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes pregnant through a Frankenstein/Mengele science experiment by Danny Devito. While it echoes some themes from other crossdresser comedy-of-errors man in a dress 90's movies like Mrs, Doubtfire and The Birdcage, this movie sadly misses where others have succeeded. As the plot is more farcical, so too…

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  Battlefield Earth 2000

  ★★ Rewatched 21 Oct 2023

  I just watched Battlefield Earth for the first time today. It is a movie I have avoided watching for many years, due to the overwhelming negative reviews. After watching, I do not fully understand why the average scores for this movie are abysmally low on every review site. This is not to say the movie is good. However, it is not as overwhelmingly awful as the reviews may have you believe. Admittedly, the movie does suffer from a litany of…

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  Fast X 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 20 Jun 2023

  The Fast and the Furious is a franchise that is near and dear to my heart. The fact that there have been a full 10 movies made for the mainline series is impressive, just from a box office popularity standpoint. Going into the 10th film, I was not exactly sure what to expect. Ever since the franchise redirection into action movie with the 4th installment, the filmmakers always seem to be upping the ante from the previous film. in the…