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  • Samurai Cop

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  • 100 Yards

    ★★★★

  • The Simpsons Movie

    ★★★

  • The Cable Guy

    ★★★½

  • There's Still Tomorrow

    ★★★★

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  • The Cable Guy

    The Cable Guy

    ★★★½

    The Jim Carrey Schtick dial is set to 11 on this one. Better movie than its reputation. Matthew Broderick is always best when playing a sociopath and he is here too, so point in its favor

  • The People's Joker

    The People's Joker

    ★★★★½

    Expected an anarchic, punk, slap in the face. And it is that, but its also loving and sincere. The mixed mediums, DIY feel, loved it. So much so that I could put aside my usual dislike of reference-heavy humor

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  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★

    You can't tease me with the words "Overture" on the screen and then start the movie 30 seconds later. Give me a big, grand overture! Lawrence of Arabia me, dammit!

    Really fantastic movie

    EDIT A WEEK LATER: a lot of this movie has stuck with me in a good way, but the epilogue has increasingly left a sour taste in my mouth. The movie does concern itself at points with the foundation of Israel, and that's natural for a story…

  • Strikeforce

    Strikeforce

    ★★★★

    TUBI TUESDAYS: Exploring the wonderful, weird movies that the oddest of streaming platforms contains within. Inept vanity projects, films made in the director's backyard, 80s schlock, half-assed action vehicles for washed up stars, all the things you can find here and nowhere else in the streaming world.

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    Been a little while since I've done Tubi Tuesday and so I had to go back to the vanity project well. This one feels like it was filmed entirely in the home…