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  48 Hrs. 1982

  ★★ Watched 26 Mar 2025

  Hard to consider this a buddy movie when one of the buddies is one of the least likeable heroes ever committed to film. I get that template maverick cops are required to be flawed and dysfunctional, but they push that right off the edge here. Nolte is a vile caveman-Trump meathead spewing racist bile and punching anything that moves, totally devoid of charisma or charm. Which could be an interesting deconstruction if it wasn’t for the fact that we are…

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  2000 Meters to Andriivka 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 24 Mar 2025

  Astonishing and problematic in equal measure.

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  Clara Sola 2021

  ★★★★½ Watched 24 Aug 2021

  Ravishing cinematography and sound design evoke an atmospheric and sensuous intertwining of sexual awakening, nature and spirituality. Clara Sola is utterly spellbinding and in moments breathtakingly beautiful.

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  Titane 2021

  ★★ Watched 23 Aug 2021

  Undoubtedly bracingly ambitious and stylish, but Titane is so gleefully intent on provocation that it ends up kinda boring, and by the end even weirdly predictable. Which I never thought I’d say about a film where the protag shags a car.

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