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  • Black Bag

    ★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

  • Flow

    ★★★★★

  • The Monkey

    ★½

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  • Black Bag

    Black Bag

    ★★★½

    I went into this movie blind, not really knowing what it was about, but I had heard it was getting pretty good reviews, so I was hopeful!

    The first surprise was that Marisa Abela is in the movie. She plays a role similar to her role in Industry, so it felt like I was getting a Yasmin cameo... this is a huge plus!!

    The second surprise was that the movie consisted of mostly dialogue with little to no action. Normally,…

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    Ok... let's start by acknowledging that Bong Joon-ho set an incredibly high bar for himself with Parasite, so expectations for Mickey 17 were naturally higher than for most other movies.

    That being said, Mickey 17 might have fallen a bit flat—it's simply nowhere near as impactful as Parasite—but I have to commend it for being another highly original movie (yes, I'm aware it's based on a book, but in the film landscape, it's still very original). It's funny, weird, and…

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  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★★★

    Timothee, you can’t keep getting away with this!!!

    I walked into this film as a moderate Dylan fan and walked out wanting to learn everything about him. If anything, that’s what a good biopic should do. It should introduce a new generation to a time and era of music that might otherwise be forgotten. I thought this movie achieved just that, especially by highlighting the significance of Bob Dylan’s lyricism against the political and cultural backdrop of the 1960s.

    I…

  • Saturday Night

    Saturday Night

    ★★★

    There were some things I really loved about this movie and some other things that really bothered me!

    The Good:

    I liked how they captured the chaotic and rebellious spirit of SNL in its original form. It was a show designed to break the mold, and it succeeded in that goal. It’s ironic—the reason SNL is not funny today is because it lost the very essence of what made it so good all those years ago.

    There were also some…

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