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Recent reviews

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  Civil War 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 17 Jan 2025

  I really appreciated that the colour grading wasn’t grey slop like most films at the moment. The use of Chromatic Aberration was also really interesting and effective.

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  Kingdom of Heaven 2005

  ★ Watched 14 Jan 2025

  The pathetic dribble of a hit-or-miss director who knows nothing about the Crusades, Christianity, Islam or their history. The only redeeming quality of this film is the ridiculous amount of money they threw at it.

Popular reviews

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  Stand by Me 1986

  ★★★★½ Watched 16 Oct 2024

  TLDR: I liked the film 

  Stand By Me is a fascinating exploration of the idealised 50s-80s American childhood, identity, imagination and friendship. 

  The collective imagination and memory of the 50s-80s American childhood is almost unparalleled in it’s cherishing and longing. In an industry where nostalgia and anemioa are a form of currency, this time period is the hundred dollar bill, capturing audiences’ imagination since it’s happening. Films from this time survive like little others and modern media which captures that…

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  Ultraman: Rising 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 11 Aug 2024

  STUNNING animation, very fun characters and ideas! 

  I really liked the idea of Ken Sato being a superhero and a successful athlete and having to balance that. However, I do think the portrayal of the super successful hero being an arrogant narcissist is quite tired, especially in the superhero space. I would like to see the other side of the story and the philosophical conflict focus on a different issue. 

  I also loved the philosophy of balance with the Kaiju…

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