Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Reluctant Royal 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  ✅ NO dead relatives being grieved over
  ✅ daddy-son bonding time over fixing up an old car, but with the twist of the son teaching his dad a little about mechanics
  ✅ obvious bad guy with no gray morals, just pure selfishness (even my toddler said “uh oh” when he was sneaking around on the screen without dialogue)
  ✅✅ the natural gray highlights of Emilie de Ravin’s hair
  ✅ unexpected character quirk of a passion for juicing 
  ✅ I liked…

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  Return to Office 2025

  ★★★★★ Watched 23 Feb 2025

  ✅ cute premise
  ✅ sufficient communication conflict that made sense
  ✅ quilting metaphors (“You are the frame to my quilt.” 💞)
  ✅✅ meddling parent with bonus meddling parent’s friend 
  ✅ not-exactly-subtle sponsor placement that is basically an in-movie commercial (Crayola, I never saw you coming! 🖍️)
  ✅ catchy song for end scenes
  ✅✅✅ surprise moral push against AI replacement of living artists

  ❌ WHY was Chad from HR invited on their date?? Inexplicable decision that was never explained.

  ➡️ Note…

Popular reviews

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  GoldenEye 1995

  Watched 17 Jan 2025

  “GoldenEye: A Spyku”

  Another James Bond
  Fights those who want Y2K:
  Sadist and Cossack.

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  The Living Daylights 1987

  Watched 16 Aug 2024

  “The Living Daylights: A Spyku”
  A faux defector,
  Taliban and the milkman,
  All meet our new Bond.

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