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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★★½ Watched 10 Mar 2025

  A co-worker of mine described this film as being “more clearly Hollywood, or western inspired.” It was a vague statement, one that can only make sense if you have seen the film — a surprisingly accurate and succinct review.

  Is there much to even spoil? I am not sure. You know what this films premise is, but I argue the wager here is not to surprise you with plot (much like many of Bong Joon-ho’s films), but instead surprise you…

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  Unforgiven 1992

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 28 Feb 2025

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Popular reviews

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  Arcadian 2024

  ★★½ Watched 13 Apr 2024

  Usually I feel like there’s a lot to say about a movie.

  It wasn’t bad but it didn’t live up to the premises, I think. A lot of this world is left in the dark in terms of “what and how”, but it could have done with another 30 minutes of exposition or breath with the characters and their relationships. Cinematography was fairly decent, however there was an overt use of shakiness in the shots — very Paul Greengrass’y at…

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★½ Watched 27 Dec 2024

  Let’s get straight to the heart here — because this movie doesn’t. 

  Robert Eggers clearly has an eye for style and atmosphere. His writing is nearly sublime, from time to time, and this feature spares no expenses in those departments. 

  The cast is fantastic and feels appropriate for the characters at hand (though I would argue that Willem Dafoe is a bit of a “friend” casting and not really something that made much sense to me, especially considering his character…