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  Hard Truths 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 12 Feb 2025

  Marianne Jean-Baptiste was inexplicably robbed of an Oscar nomination.

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  Maria 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 24 Dec 2024

  What a soulful performance by Angelina Jolie. I say this begrudgingly because I have never been a fan. But she just blew me away. She deserves an Oscar nomination and perhaps even a win. She is a mesmerizing to watch. Possibly Pablo Larrain’s best film to date.

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  The Holdovers 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 02 Jan 2024

  Give Paul Giamatti the Oscar right now.

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  Anatomy of a Fall 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Dec 2023

  Anatomy of a Fall is much more than a courtroom drama about a woman accused of murdering her husband. It’s a look at a crumbling marriage and its collateral damage — a son who ultimately helps us uncover the truth. Or does he?

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