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Recent reviews

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★½ Watched 22 Mar 2025

  I really felt the runtime on this. It felt like Corbet wanted to make a 3.5 hour epic and he filled in the details after the fact. Stands in contrast to, say, Killers of the Flower Moon, where I felt as if Scorsese was telling his story as succinctly as he possibly could. Sort of reminded me of Emilia Perez (sorry) in that it’s thematically expansive and ambitious but doesn’t scratch the surface on anything. The epilogue made me gasp but…

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  Heads or Fails 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  Like if Broad City and Uncut Gems were combined and set in Brussels (a compliment)

Popular reviews

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  Anora 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 03 Nov 2024 1

  - First act was incredible but the rest felt tedious
  - There should be an academy award for location scouting
  - Nearly leapt out of my seat at the Brooke Candy needle drop
  - Time for an Uncut Gems rewatch

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  Red, White & Royal Blue 2023

  ★★ Watched 12 Aug 2023

  I laughed I cried a number of times I sweat I danced I got a shot I ate and I had many epiphanies