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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 17 Feb 2025

  The movie walks the same path as its forerunners but for some very key details. The acting is humanizing (or demonizing as the case may be), and the camera work/editing makes the story spooky and fresh for 2025.  Props, makeup, lighting, effects, decor, wardrobe, and the featured cultural anthropology/mythos make the movie even better.

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  Past Lives 2023

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 31 Jan 2025

  Watched for the second time. No notes on my original rating.

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  1776 1972

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Feb 2024 2

  Here we are with a non-gilded lily, and (much like the Declaration) it’s good for its time, but not good enough for now. Four stars for an imperfect democracy but with the room for deserved potential.

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  The Birdcage 1996

  ★★★★ Watched 18 Aug 2024

  Funny, cute, and an underutilized Christine Baranski. 5 stars for everyone, except Val. He gets 3.5 for growth.

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