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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

  • Dream Scenario

    ★★★½

  • A Real Pain

    ★★★★½

  • The Social Network

    ★★★★★

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    Are we the baddies?

  • Dream Scenario

    Dream Scenario

    ★★★½

    The Cancel culture and internet fame themes I could take or leave, but I think it’s more interesting when it explores self image vs public perception.
    We all know the saying “you’re your own harshest critic”, but this movie really worked when it tapped into my biggest fear: “but what if you aren’t?”
    And it even explored a really interesting theory about how when we are overly anxious about a certain trait/behaviour we may or may not display, we can…

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  • A Real Pain

    A Real Pain

    ★★★★½

    A real pleasure of a movie that’s for sure.
    It probably says more about me how uncomfortable Benji made me but also how irrationally angry it made me when the others just accepted his actions (in a really compelling way). But I guess that’s sort of the point, or to me it was.
    I guess what I’m saying is I’m a David and probably not in a good way.

  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

    I slipped so effortlessly into this world and stayed there until the epilogue, which caught me off guard and still figuring out how I feel about it. This has also fully convinced me intermissions should be commonplace in all movies over 2.5 hours, although I wouldn’t even say no to 5 minutes in anything shorter. Music, guy pearce, vistavision, Adrian brody, all top tier.

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