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Recent reviews

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★½ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  for a spy thriller, I was expecting to be more thrilled. A whole lot of talking and not a lot of shooting. 

  That being said, the last 20 minutes or so is a masterclass of filmmaking. Almost made the whole movie worth it.

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  It has become clear that Parasite was an outlier in Bong Joon-ho’s filmography. This is a bloated and weird movie. I have no problems with quirks, but at least keep the story tight. 

  Robert Pattinson gives an acting Master Class. And that’s about the only performance I can commend in this.

  Bong Joon-ho clearly does not like the upper class between Snowpiecer, Parasite, and now this. This is cool. No qualms with that, but commentary should feel subtle. Toni Collette…

Popular reviews

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  Den of Thieves 2018

  ½ Watched 06 Jan 2025

  I watched this to prepare for the sequel and it talked me out of watching the sequel.

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  The French Dispatch 2021

  ½ Watched 30 Oct 2021

  Owen Wilson asking for cake was the best part of the movie. It is interestingly directed but I hated this movie. It just was not interesting and I did not understand the purpose of its existence.

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