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Recent reviews

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★★★★ Watched 22 Mar 2025

  Smart, cool, sexy, funny weird. What a gem. Knows exactly how much information to share and withhold right up to the end. The Soderbergh/Koepp partnership has been really stellar, and I can't recommend Kimi and Presence enough, but this may be their best collaboration yet.

  Also, this spy film is comically loaded with Bond actors and prospective Bonds, including Furiosa breakout star Tom Burke. Probably a coincidence, but I dig it.

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  The Bridges of Madison County 1995

  ★★★★ Watched 06 Mar 2025

  That is some off-the-charts chemistry.

Popular reviews

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  Batman & Robin 1997

  ★★★½ Rewatched 17 Aug 2020

  I have a real soft spot for this one, and I enjoy the degree to which Schumacher just swings for the fences. He misses, ultimately, but the attempt alone is fun to watch. It's campier than Batman Forever—with all the queer-coded celebration that entails—but it also feels less focused and polished on almost every level. Even at its worst, it's an enjoyable bit of 90s nostalgia.

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  Carry-On 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 13 Dec 2024

  Pretty solid little Christmas thriller. I'm not convinced anyone who worked on this has ever been inside an airport before though.

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