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  Wicked 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 15 Dec 2024

  Anti-fascism has never been more marketable! Come crowds!

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  Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964

  ★★★★ Watched 30 Apr 2024

  That ‘fluids’ triggered atomic action — (which as far as I’m concerned aligns perfectly with
  Truman’s historical explanation) — proves that ‘reasons’ for war at such scale will always sound completely silly.

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  Kung Fu Panda 4 2024

  ★★★ Watched 11 Mar 2024

  First, this was likely to fall short given the cinematic weight of the trilogy that came before it. Fun sequences and I appreciate the message but the movie frustratingly fails to earn the emotions it hopes to elicit. I wish that they would’ve forgone a villain and focused on Po’s inner journey. All I want is a wise Po, and a story that has the balls to take him seriously.

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  Perfect Days 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 05 Mar 2024

  Thrillingly plotless; like life. A considered film about the contented, multidimensional space between routine and the surprises of each new dawn. Also, a welcomed ode to public amenities. 

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  Komorebi: the play of sunlight through leaves.

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