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Hit Man 2023
Highly watchable with fantastic acting by Glen Powell but it felt like such a Netflix algo-machinery of a movie - grab a headliner director, some hot leads, a sensationalized true-crime script with a few quips here and there, a pass towards depth with Powell's philosophy-teaching scenes. Ultimately felt very glossy and superficial.
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The Banshees of Inisherin 2022
Really wanted to like this more but I found some of the accents too thick to really understand the dialogue! Funny but very slow.
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Angel of Nanjing 2015
Short but compelling take on an incredible subject. I don't think the craft of the film itself was particularly special, but the person at the center of it is. What really struck me is that Chen Si comes across less like a saint than a nosy dad: he's obviously a deeply empathetic person to do what he does, but he's not talking people down with a warm hug and comforting words - more like harassing, prodding, lying, scolding, and guilt-tripping…
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End of the Century 2019
This was a really interesting movie for me — not all of the dots connected for me even with simple story and only a few characters, but the specific feeling at the heart of the movie got me and I was so impressed by the way it found so much beauty in the little ebbs and flows of ordinary life. It's a deceptively small, straightforward film — the first act introduces our handsome nomadic fellow, Ocho, hooking up with a…
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