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GoodFellas 1990
“Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.”
I’m usually a real prude about crime movies, especially when they glamorize the mob life, so I don’t expect to love this as much as I did. Ray Liotta’s laugh alone could make me forgive anything & something about the narration pulled me in against my better judgment.
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Les Misérables 2012
“On my own, pretending he’s beside me. All alone, I walk with him till morning.”
I’m a theatre kid, so I’m always already crying — but when Colm Wilkinson shows up as the Bishop?! Absolutely destroyed. The purest act of grace and forgiveness. Every damn time.
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The Game 1997
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
“I was drugged, left for dead, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.”
The cinematic equivalent of someone gaslighting you into having a great time.
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Oculus 2013
“You see what it wants you to see”
Honestly, I might have skipped this if I’d seen the trailer and realized it involved mirrors, considering I’m still traumatized from watching Mirrors. But here we are, getting re-traumatized 15 years later. On the upside, the film was much better than expected, making it worth the panic I’ll feel every time I pass a mirror for the next six months. I had mixed feelings about the ending - I loved it and…
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