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  Godzilla vs. Kong 2021

  ★★ Watched 23 Jan 2025

  That’s some King Kong Hong Kong Hole you got there. Shame if a pretty neon building were to fall into it.

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  Godzilla Minus One 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 25 Jan 2025

  So much right amidst waves of what is wrong with Godzilla films. This one has weight, literal and resonant, and the weight makes it land. Or sink, in the right way.

Popular reviews

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  Happy Endings 2005

  ★★ Watched 13 Jan 2006

  So, this guy walks into a film school. The screenwriting instructor says "I have three rules for you if you want to make good movies:

  1. Something interesting has to happen to the characters.
  2. Never use text on screen or tell the story in exposition. It's cheating.
  3. Give people characters they can relate to and will genuinely like.

  And the guy says "Fuck you! Your rules are for the dogs." And then he makes a movie that ignores…

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  High Fidelity 2000

  ★★★½ Rewatched 26 Jan 2004

  I tried to find this movie on vinyl, but all the fucking dj's are hoarding it.