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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  Basically a really horny Studio Ghibli movie. The humour was a little hit and miss, but this was fun overall. Robert Pattinson’s doing great work here. Naomi Ackie was also really fun. I’m with the crowd on this one: it’s a lesser film from Bong Joon-ho, but that’s still a high bar.

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  Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo 2006

  ★★★½ Watched 27 Feb 2025

  Finally watched this movie after being obsessed with the show in my teens. As a finale it’s pretty lacklustre, but as a standalone adventure it’s pretty solid. Bit racist, though. The fetishisation of Japanese culture in this movie hasn’t aged well. Had to laugh when Raven said “Japanese dark magic” instead of just calling it dark magic. Has a lot of great moments, though. The moment where Robin defeats Saiko-Tek in front of the billboard and it flashes red legit…

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  Doctor Who: Planet of Giants 1964

  ★★★ Rewatched 05 Dec 2021

  I originally considered this the dud of Doctor Who’s otherwise pretty strong second season, but somehow I enjoyed this a lot more upon rewatch. I especially liked the first episode; there’s just something I love about the opening episodes of early ‘60s Who serials, where it’s just the main characters walking around, pointing things out, trying to figure out where they are. There’s this great sense of wonder and mystery to these episodes, and the premise of Planet of Giants lends…

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  Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue 2010

  ½ Rewatched 16 Jul 2023

  I don’t use this half-star rating lightly. In fact, I think this is only the second time I’ve ever used it. I can think of three (3) things I liked about this movie:

  1) There was a neat Pirates of the Caribbean style theme at the beginning of the movie.

  2) The shots inside the hollow tree tunnel were quite pretty.

  3) The Fat Controller’s line at the end: “I can find another hat, but I’ll never find another Thomas.”…

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