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Recent reviews

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★ Watched 18 Feb 2025

  This is another one of those Oscar nominations that baffles me. There was absolutely no reason for this movie to be 3 plus hours. Yes, the actors were good. There was nothing exceptional about this story. It was an extremely hard time in the world for many people and this story did nothing to highlight someone who made any significant change to the world or their field. I may not have a an architectural eye or background but adding a…

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  Emilia Pérez 2024

  ★★½ Watched 30 Jan 2025

  This was overall a good movie. I loved the premise of a drug lord changing their identity to escape the game. There were just too many glaring plot holes throughout the film. My other gripe is the needless addition of making this a musical. The songs weren’t memorable and somehow they managed to make a known pop star sound terrible. It brings back memories of into the woods. I scored this higher because the performances were great and worthy of recognition, but the issues above brought the movie way down for me.

Popular reviews

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  Gone Girl 2014

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Jan 2015

  David Fincher you have just blown my mind. Gone Girl is a fabulous drama that makes you believe something and destroys your belief twenty minutes later. These three acts of crazy pull you in wont let go until the beautifully creepy end. While I would have loved to give this movie five stars I held one back for the opening act of which seemed slow in pace and grueling. The latter half of this film was down right intense and…

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  Battle Royale 2000

  ★★★½ Rewatched 22 May 2017

  Amazing action/horror/ psychological thriller? I know they are completely different but I prefer this to the hunger games any day. The sense of fear, despair, and shock the kids have when confronted with their life or death choice makes the film exciting from start to finish.

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