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  Taylor Swift: Speak Now World Tour Live 2011

  ★★★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  I have never disliked "You Belong With Me".

  But it's just from a corner of the music world that I wasn't engaging with at all when it came out. I would have been listening to Traced in Air by Cynic over and over. Stuff like that.

  Cut to last year when I watched the Eras concert film.

  I've really, really been trying to like Taylor Swift since. Not every hour of every day, but I just can't shake this notion…

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  Superstar 1999

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Mar 2025

  It's so funny!

  Molly Shannon is just terrif'! And I feel like Bruce McCulloch is probably exactly the right energy to steer this ship.

  Is it a little mean sometimes? Yeah, in the way that a lot of comedy movies are, but the mean moments are basically reserved for characters that you clearly aren't supposed to like.

  Is it a little unsatisfying? Yeah, in the way that a lot of comedy movies are, but it's actually kind of sweet and more bold than I was expecting. Because of how a lot of comedy movies are.

  But this one is good! Molly Shannon is good!

Popular reviews

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  Pig 2021

  ½ Watched 16 Jul 2021 4

  I'm truthfully basing this generalization on very little, but I feel like there is an entire generation of indie filmmakers who are making movies that have maybe 15 minutes of story and like 75 minutes of footage that does almost nothing to advance or develop anything, leaving me gobsmacked at how willing they are to waste my time.

  Like, there were times in this I couldn't tell whether something was in slow motion or just felt like it.

  Congrats on…

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  The Thing 1982

  ★½ Watched 09 Jan 2021

  Sorry, gang. I don't get it. I really don't.

  I honestly think my rating here is a little generous, but there are a few things I like.

  First, that main dog does some real good acting and I like those kinds of dogs so that's all nice until... well, yeah.

  Second, I think the effects are really good sometimes, even if I also think they're a bit uneven.

  Third, I think the cast is very good. Russell and David in…

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