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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★★½ Watched 07 Mar 2025

  Was a little worried it would be one of those the trailer is better than the movie things but I should've trusted bong joon ho - and another treat where there's a book in this universe I can read after :)

  So fun felt a little too real honestly like tr*mp and El*n are gonna take us to the dark side and we're gonna wish there were cute little creeper aliens (honestly how I felt seeing a musk shuttle and…

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  Buzzard 2014

  ★★★½ Watched 11 Feb 2025

  Hmm this may have started my metal era...

  bedazzled nail/claw gloves (need) || Freddie Kruger gloves

  - definitely has the feel of a student film but also gives generally nostalgic/trapped in your hometown vibes

  The lingering works sometimes and sometimes it doesn't - which is better than my recent watches where lingering shots are used in a predictably boring/standard way - at least half the time here I was actually feeling antici...pa...

  
  Nihilistic white dudes feeling righteous in their nihilism…

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  Anora 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 10 Nov 2024

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  Killers of the Flower Moon 2023

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