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  Officer on Duty 2025

  ★ Watched 21 Mar 2025 3

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  Vikram 2022

  ★★★★ Rewatched 20 Mar 2025

  New layers unfold with every re-watch. The genius in Loki is visible from the start - the first half flows so perfectly, with Fafa outperforming everyone. Anirudh's rousing soundtrack towards the interval block almost brings me to tears - the three mighty dragon meme except make it five. Commercial cinema at it's finest.

Popular reviews

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  The Time That Remains 2009

  ★★★★★ Watched 26 Oct 2024 3

  Identity. Belonging. Resilience.

  Yesterday, I came across Stanley Kubrick's (who previously had plans to make a holocaust movie) critique of Schindler's List: "That (movie) was about success, wasn't it? The Holocaust is about six million people who get killed. Schindler's List was about six hundred people who don't."
  This quote lingered as I watched Palestinian director Elia Suleiman's masterpiece, The Time That Remains (2009). This film, with its dry humor and beautifully crafted visuals reminiscent of Wes Anderson's signature style,…

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  Gladiator II 2024

  Watched 15 Nov 2024

  For someone who didn't care much for the original Gladiator movie, watching this in cinemas was surprisingly exhilarating. Ridley Scott doing what he does best, but this time without taking himself too seriously.
  Denzel Washington on God mode. Sweaty dirty Paul Mescal. Pedro Pascal as charming as always.
  The movie heavily relies on it's conservative ideas, but what actually annoyed me was it's relentless acceleration. That's forgiveable in this economy, i guess ? Just give us the director cut.