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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  Multiple themes abound in Bong Joon-Ho's follow up to Parasite. Where the latter was laser focused on its takedown of the rich under the evils of capitalism, Mickey 17 tackles that and much more, including death, colonialism, power structures, and human sacrifice. Unfortunately, a film this packed with ideas fails to fully engage with any of them and when it hits upon something interesting, has to quickly move to the next idea lest the film exceed it's already bloated runtime…

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  A Complete Unknown 2024

  ★★½ Watched 28 Feb 2025

  Strong performances and quality production value can't quite save this milquetoast exploration of Dylan's early days. Yet again, as often happens in biopics, the supporting cast - in this case Edward Norton as Pete Seeger and Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez - are more interesting than the film's lead as I found myself wanting much more of each of their stories than the rise of Bob Dylan. Here, A Complete Unknown, is more of a concert movie, flitting about from…

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  Prisoners of the Ghostland 2021

  ★★★½ Watched 31 Jan 2021

  Nic Cage is delightfully Cage-like and the movie is delightfully weird, but it suffers pacing issues as a result of some bad plotting. It oddly became less interesting it went on, finishing with a less than dazzling climax. A+ sets and costumes though

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  Night of the Kings 2020

  ★★★★½ Watched 01 Feb 2021 1

  Showcases the tremendous power of storytelling and its tenuous grip it can hold over an audience. An absolutely beautiful film, filled with fantastic performances.