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  Little Shop of Horrors 1986

  ★★★★½ Watched 10 Mar 2025

  so fun

  Steve Martin was amazing

  watched the director's cut ending which was delightfully dark, but I'm glad there's also the theatrical ending so I can enjoy both possibilities

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  Dune 1984

  ★★★ Watched 18 Feb 2025

  first hour was excellent, then it became a bit of a mess

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  Nomadland 2020

  ★★ Watched 22 Feb 2021

  I loved the cinematography, beautiful bleak shots of the desert west

  Had zero interest in Fern, since she is given basically no motivation or character development in my opinion, felt flat and empty. The only emotions were just things like "loss is sad", "babies and family are good" while overbearing pensive piano plays

  Really cool that so many people in the film were basically playing themselves, and businesses too (Amazon, Wall Drug, US Gypsum) wish there had been more of that and less of a script

  This New Yorker review resonates with me www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/nomadland-reviewed-chloe-zhaos-nostalgic-portrait-of-itinerant-america

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  Oppenheimer 2023

  ★★ Watched 22 Jul 2023

  weird mess of a movie, I literally thought it was a trailer for the first few minutes, but then it kept going, trailer-style (super short scenes & constantly intense music), for 3 hours!

  too much emotional music is so often a crutch for mediocre film, sigh

  I didn't care about Oppenheimer losing his security clearance, or any of the other political stuff, compared to the creation of the atom bomb. I liked the middle parts at Los Alamos

  Einstein looked too…

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