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  Sing Sing 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 21 Aug 2024

  So much beauty to unpack, not the least of which is the power of the arts to truly transform. Layer that on themes of forgiveness, perseverance, grief, joy, commitment and compassion. What a gift.

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  Deadpool & Wolverine 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 29 Jul 2024

  I am almost 57 years old and went to this with my 22yo kid. I honestly can’t remember the last time I was this entertained by a movie. Ryan Reynolds’s Deadpool is irreverent, hilarious, and painfully self-actualized…..longing to be an Avenger and consistently being told he wasn’t good enough. Hugh Jackman brought a macho sensitivity to Wolverine, who I really didn’t know much about but it didn’t matter. The R-rated violence didn’t bother me at all because all of the…

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  Another Round 2020

  ★★★★½ Watched 05 Nov 2023

  I’m still thinking about the meaning of this film 24 hours later. So many vibes on how so many of us at some point or another have used alcohol beyond a benign social connection with friends. Their experimentation made me laugh, cringe, and say “oh-oh” a lot. It also made me extremely uncomfortable, sad, and wishful that they would make better choices, which kinda happened, but not really. In the end, I think the juxtaposition between the teachers and their…

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  Bo Burnham: Inside 2021

  ★★★★★ Watched 14 Feb 2024 1

  Comedian, yes. But Bo Burnham is so much more: talented musician, lyricist, cinematographer, lighting designer, creative, all-around ham, and introspective truth-teller. This film had me cracking up one minute (I’m a FaceTime with my mom tonight; white woman’s Instagram), and wanting to hold and comfort him through his isolation and self-doubt the next. This is art at its finest. Authentic, in your face, unapologetic. Wow. Brilliant.

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