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  Captain America: Brave New World 2025

  ★½ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  This could have been a timely and relevant movie. Brave New World has nothing brave, nor new about it, because it tries so hard to be The Winter Soldier and fails spectacularly.

  The point they missed is that The Winter Soldier was actually a hit because it had personal stakes for Steve Rogers while also tackling a real-world issue, like political surveillance and privacy in the digital era.

  They gave none of those to Sam Wilson, which is such a wasted opportunity when you think of the messages that only a black Captain America can convey in a shit-show of a world like ours.

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  A Complete Unknown 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 03 Mar 2025

  Whenever I listen to Bob Dylan, I'm grateful to my uncle for properly introducing me to his music. Watching this felt like that all over again.

  I was worried coming in to watch this because I firmly believe Dylan already has a perfect biopic in I'm Not There, and, while I maintain this belief, it was nice seeing how careful James Mangold was in telling about Dylan's earliest days, when he was the rolling-est of all stones.

  What I found…

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★ Watched 25 Feb 2025

  Somehow, Bong Joon-ho managed to make Snowpiercer and Okja into a single movie.

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  Drive My Car 2021

  ★★★★★ Watched 10 Aug 2024

  I'm not familiar with Ryusuke Hamaguchi's work, but I am with Haruki Murakami's. Something that I always loved about his work is exactly how he portrays car rides, both long and short, as immersive experiences. They are almost like sancturaries, and, in his books, it always feels like we are inside the car with the characters.

  I'm glad Drive My Car not only got it, but made the whole movie about this.