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  Wicked 2024

  ★★½ Watched 05 Dec 2024 1

  The wizard university charms weren’t enough to overcome the fact that this movie asks: what if we do that part in Solo where we explain his last name, but like 50 more times?

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  Gladiator II 2024

  ★★½ Watched 12 Nov 2024

  Everything that’s frustrating about Gladiator II resides in the script. It’s so much of the same thing we saw before, but lesser – a similar story, but with less feeling or surprise; the same characters, but with less depth; the same fights, but with less logic. It’s a handful of wooden conversations supposedly leading to massive emotional catharsis. It’s a nepo baby returning to Rome and being crowned a hero. It’s exactly the kind of movie you’d write if you…

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  Poolman 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Sep 2023

  Most I’ve laughed at TIFF. Really befuddled by the bad reviews. Wet Hot American Summer take on Chinatown. Annette Bening’s comedic timing is flawless.

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  My Mother’s Wedding 2023

  ★ Watched 07 Sep 2023

  Oh no… very afraid of what all these actor-to-director movies at TIFF will look like after this rough start. Save me, Chris Pine, you’re my only hope.

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