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  Muppets Haunted Mansion 2021

  ★★★ Watched 06 Oct 2024

  Re-watched this the other night and it's still a good time. Definitely a "for fans of" type thing for theme park dorks, but it nails the Muppet tone better than most modern Muppets work. The CGI backgrounds are the real weak link here - practical sets would elevate this to a 4 star for me!

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  Big Hero 6 2014

  ★★★★ Watched 06 Oct 2024

  I'm glad I made the time to finally watch this one - very cute! It's script is a little uneven, but the world and characters felt incredibly well realized. I totally get why this got so much attention back in the day.

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  Breakup Season 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 20 Sep 2024 1

  Really enjoyed this one! Balances comedy with drama extremely well, and does a great job of extending empathy to and celebrating the humanity of all of its characters. Jacob Wysocki steals the show, but excellent work from the whole cast.

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  The Simpsons Movie 2007

  ★★½ Watched 23 Sep 2024 2

  I hadn't watched this since it was in theaters, but I have been meaning to give it another watch since I finally watched the series proper. It's... okay.

  I think arguably it's biggest failing is leaning on the extremely well worn territory of Marge and Homer marriage conflicts - we've seen this play out so many times that moments like the family leaving and Marge taping over their wedding video just don't hit as hard as they'd like them to,…

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