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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  I was really excited for this, because based on the premise it seemed like a very interesting idea with a lot of interesting avenues to explore. The concept of human cloning and its effect on science is interesting and could spark many ethical quandries. There are bits of that here, like the montage of Mickey deaths when they first reach the planet. Similarly, there are many interesting threads to pull on the concept of clones, like how Mickey 17 and…

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  The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Mar 2025

  I've never considered how much we've butchered the pronunciation of Geneviève.

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  Presence 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 09 Feb 2025

  Steven Soderbergh saw the modern horror environment of making the horror be a metaphor for depression and grief and decided to show everybody how it's done.

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  Ocean's Eleven 2001

  ★★★★ Rewatched 20 Jan 2025

  I tried to just put this on in the background while I did something else. Instead, like Andy Garcia, I just let Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney, and Co rob me blind (i.e., rob me of 2 hours), and I would happily do it again.