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  Nasu: Summer in Andalusia 2003

  ★★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  At only 47 minutes, Nasu covers a whole race as well as a family drama, leaving you to fill in some of the spaces yourself, which I dig. Reminded me of a mix of Redline and Mad Max: Fury Road in the sense that you have a brilliantly animated race as well as a story takes place completely on the road with its narrative intertwined with the action. Being that this was the first anime to compete at Cannes, this in and of…

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  The Banshees of Inisherin 2022

  ★★★★ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025

  If I had a finger for every dull person I ever met,

  but I don’t 😬

  (Pre-game watch for St. Patrick’s Day)

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 07 Mar 2025

  Viewed in IMAX. Mad stunning.

  This film was a lot of things (fitting since there are 17 Mickeys heh heh), a sci-fi cautionary tale regarding exploiting humans and the value of human life, an environmental message similar to themes explored in Okja, and an absurd yet sweet comedy, with Rob Pattinson at some of his most cartoony. (A very welcome side, I might add.)

  Overall, it was a good time, though definitely not director Bong’s best. I would describe this…

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  The Iron Claw 2023

  ★★★★ Rewatched 26 Mar 2024 2

  Got my copy in the mail today and went ahead and rewatched it. Since my initial viewing, I went ahead and watched the Vice documentary on the Von Erich Family, read some articles and the like, and in doing so, the sincerity of this film really became more and more apparent. Most biopics essentially exist as Oscar bait or vanity projects that can often come off as bloated experiences. The Iron Claw doesn’t feel like that. Even with the creative…

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