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  Heart Eyes 2025

  ★★½ Watched 14 Mar 2025

  I hated this for the first twenty minutes and almost shut it off. After that it won me over enough to finish it with the humor and the somewhat surprising brutality. I wasn’t crazy about the last fifteen minutes or so either.

  It was OK, I guess. It didn’t drag on and overstay it’s welcome, it was mildly funny at times, and some of the kills were imaginative. I didn’t hate it like I thought I was going to at first, but it was mostly forgettable and probably not something I’ll revisit.

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  Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood 2019

  ★★★★½ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  Great cast! Pitt and DiCaprio was a combo I didn’t know I needed to see until now, I thought Brad was especially good. All the younger up and coming actors were impressive. And it’s always rad to see Kurt Russell.

  Tarantino’s movies never fail to be stylish and nice to look at. No one else makes people just walking look cool the way he does. The script was well written, his dialogue is so good. He’s inimitable.

  I had mixed…

Popular reviews

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  The Gorge 2025

  ★★½ Watched 16 Feb 2025

  Anna Taylor Joy’s character is the highlight here. She’s bad ass, likes the Ramones, and looks great with dark hair. What more could you want?

  I like the metaphor of the gorge, but it isn’t implemented in any compelling way. There is much clumsy exposition as well.

  Shallow but watchable. Like a survival horror video game in the second half. If you’re into a mashup of action, romance, and monsters you might enjoy it.

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  Drive 2011

  ★★★★½ Watched 20 Feb 2025 1

  Suspenseful, incredibly intense. Pulled me in from the start, I was glued to the screen.

  Lives up to the title. Some of the best, most gripping driving sequences I’ve seen, and I’m not really into cars.

  The cinematography, shot composition, lighting, ambiance, tension- boundless panache. Reminded me of Michael Mann.

  I used to think Ryan Gosling was just a pretty face. I was wrong. His performance, physical presence, so good. The way he carries himself and his silence speaks volumes.…

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