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Recent reviews

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  Conclave 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 19 Nov 2024

  Saw this and gladiator 2 this week. One is good for an entertaining watch full of great performances. The other is gladiator 2

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  The Holdovers 2023

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 13 Nov 2024

  FYI still perfect

Popular reviews

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  Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023

  ★★ Watched 03 Jun 2023 1

  I’m not angry, I’m disappointed. 

  Yes it’s “dazzling”, “a feast for the eyes”. All the glowing reviews have that part right. But behind all the flashing lights and “painted animation” is a film devoid of anything else.
  Without any character development, or story (or even an ending) - what you have is a 2hr15m epilepsy-inducing animator’s show reel that just crawls at a snail’s pace.

  The first film was a triumph - and it’s the direction and animation that people…

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  Madame Web 2024

  ★ Watched 18 Feb 2024

  This first aid training video has a massive budget

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