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  Office Space 1999

  ★★★★ Rewatched 23 Mar 2025

  Ron Livingston is maybe the single most underrated actor alive. 

  Every time I see Gary Cole with his stupid belt AND suspenders combo I laugh my ass off.

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  Anora 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 11 Mar 2025

  A surprisingly good time given the subject matter, full of laughs! I couldn’t help but feel like the cast all comprehensively out-acted the script, but frankly that isn’t a bad problem to have in this case.

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  Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 04 Feb 2025 1

  One of my most cherished memories is sitting down to see this with my dad and brother as a fresh-eyed 7 year old, and having dry as a bone Anglo humor click for me instantly. With many, many rewatches since then, the word “elderberry” will still get a chuckle out of any member of the Saghri family. 

  Realistically, this sent me down the path of understand the various philosophies of modern governance more than anything else I saw, read, or listened to in my early years.

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  Challengers 2024

  ★★★ Watched 11 May 2024 1

  On one hand, I think the main “will they won’t they” bisexual tension (they do once) between Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor was very compelling. It carried this one big time when Zendaya whiffed a TON on matching their energy and allure. I still have yet to be convinced in her ability to be a lead, and her work here did not make that case. 

  On the other hand, the pacing kinda sucked, the cinematography (aside from a few neat…

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