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Recent reviews

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  Onward 2020

  ★★★★ Rewatched 29 Feb 2020

  Although it is not groundbreaking animation, Pixar's latest offers plenty of heart and wonder. It may be awkward that it posits that technology hinders magic because wonder actually fosters innovation. The tale is set in a world where magic became dormant because its creatures resorted to industrialisation. Two elf brothers have to go on a quest that can make their late father reappear for a day. Tom Holland and Chris Pratt were properly cast as the brothers who lost their…

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  We Will Rock You 1982

  ★★★★★ Watched 23 Feb 2024

  Circa 1991, my Uncle was so eager to share his latest cassette purchase of Queen's Greatest Hits II. Since Daddy wasn't home yet, I was the first to listen to it with him. As soon as A Kind of Magic played, I understood why he was proud to own one. We spent time looking at the lyric booklet that came with it as I joined him back in time. A year later, the band gained a new following when Bohemian…

Popular reviews

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  Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 2023

  ★★ Watched 20 Dec 2023 3

  This is just sad. We are less than ten inside and five already walked out. I tuned out during most of the fight scenes. Amber Heard had to endure being bullied while making this?

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  Last Night 2010

  ★★★★★ Watched 20 Jun 2011

  What a powerful film on commitment and the temptations that threatens it! The rough sea of emotions throughout the film is smoothly guided by Clint Mansell's undulating score with the aid of Explosions in the Sky among the other musicians aptly chosen by Randall Poster. Massy Tadjedin has crafted one fine film that may be added to the canon of modern romantic classics. I felt the most for Guillaume Canet's character, Alex. The gnawing pain one must feel for the…