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  • The Bikeriders

    ★★★★

  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

    ★★★★★

  • I Saw the TV Glow

    ★★

  • She Came at Night

    ★★★★★

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  • The Bikeriders

    The Bikeriders

    ★★★★

    I really,

    really,

    really,

    enjoy looking at Austin Butler.

  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

    Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

    ★★★★★

    If you enjoyed Fury Road, you will enjoy Furiosa.

    It’s not the pick up and go go go go that Fury Road is, but I don’t think it could have been or should have been. There’s a lot more lore, a lot more dialogue, and a lot more plot, and that’s what separates the two. This story is driven by purposeful vengeance, as opposed to Fury Road’s fight or flight, moment to moment survival. I can’t say I was as…

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  • I Saw the TV Glow

    I Saw the TV Glow

    ★★

    Ok.

    This is perhaps the most baffling film I’ve seen in the last few years. My gut reaction is to call it the cinematic equivalent of “no thoughts, only vibes.”

    In essence, I feel like I just watched the first act of a film dragged out to an hour and a half. Early on, maybe 20 to 30 minutes in, I felt like I had a pretty good idea where the film was going. All of the signs were pointing…

  • Riddle of Fire

    Riddle of Fire

    ★★★★★

    Be you a knight, or be you a squire, can you solve the riddle of fire?

    Enchanting is possibly the most obvious
     and apparent descriptor for this film, yet it remains the most accurate. From the first glimmering ray of sunlight that cuts across the Kodak grain as three ski-masked children appear on dirtbikeback, you know you’re in for it. Not since Son of Rambo have I felt this combination of deadpan, earnestness, innocence, and absurdity all at once, only…

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