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Recent reviews

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  "It's okay for me to be happy."

  Really pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this. Its polarizing nature is totally understandable, and although certain elements in the second half get weird and just a smidge heavy-handed (par for the course with Bong Joon-ho), it's hard not to get swept up in this story that is equal parts hilarious and pitiful. So happy to see Pattinson shine in such a complex role and for Bong to be back, even if this doesn't quite live up to Parasite (but honestly, what could?).

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  Challengers 2024

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 25 Feb 2025

  Of all the places to find one of the best movies of last year, I didn't expect to find it at Phil's Tire Town, New Rochelle.

  Yeah yeah awards are subjective, but in all seriousness it's a shame this film didn't get more recognition. Rewatching Challengers the week of the Oscars has me remembering just how sharp, electric, and fun it is. It's rare for a script to be as snappy as it is sexy while keeping a perfect pace…

Popular reviews

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  Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 04 Apr 2024

  THE BEST PICTURE PROJECT: BEST PICTURE WINNER (2022)

  
  "In another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you."

  The true power of Everything Everywhere All at Once is in its uniqueness. Love it or hate it, there is no movie like it anywhere; the
  closest comparison to anything else might just be if Turning Red and Cloud Atlas had a baby. It's got a little bit of everything: Tiger parenting and Chinese-American identity, sci-fi, coming…

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  Green Book 2018

  ★★★ Watched 03 Jun 2024

  THE BEST PICTURE PROJECT: BEST PICTURE WINNER (2018)

  
  So the story goes, Walt Disney once responded to criticism that his later films were corny and devoid of creativity with the following: “I like corn. That’s what I’m all about.”

  I have a feeling the Walt Disney of the 1960s would have enjoyed Green Book, because from beginning to end Green Book is one endless tub of corn. The narrative is solid and safe, but completely stale and lacking in any…