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Recent reviews

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  The Godfather Part III 1990

  ★★★½ Watched 14 May 2020

  On the whole, I like it a lot more than others. The decision to include Sonny's son as a central part of the story is good and bad; bad in a sense that you are clearly not showing restraint and trying to cash in on the most legendary part of the first episode (which is not really surpassed and can't be) but at the same time the kitchen scene lets Coppola explore what Michael's relationship with Sonny would have been…

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  Danny Collins 2015

  ★★½ Watched 05 May 2020

  Dark ages Pacino. This is another one of those movies where a young director gets to play with these veteran actors who were not getting enough substantive roles back then, but in showing almost too much respect and ceding too much control to the cast ends up exposing them a little bit; the lack of direction is showing.

  Another manifest example of how bad Hollywood is at writing convincing fake musicians (these songs suck and they are worsened by the fact that he injects mediocre pop songs into the movie, to share his actual bad taste).

Popular reviews

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  Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022

  ★★½ Watched 04 Feb 2023

  My family collectively moved here when I was a teenager and so I had an entryway into the issues the movie is exploring because of my personal experience as a teenager in America with my parents. And I quite like the idea of using the concept of multiverse as an analogue for how introspection plays out in one’s head. Yet the screenplay has critical characterization flaws that are shocking if not offensive. It is so clear that the writers have…

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  I'm Thinking of Ending Things 2020

  ★★★½ Watched 08 Sep 2020 2

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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