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Recent reviews

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  The Killing 1956

  ★★★★ Watched 25 Mar 2025

  OK he cooked with that third act

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  (500) Days of Summer 2009

  Watched 23 Mar 2025

  This is a solid movie, but man. Where are the jokes. Is there a single laugh in this whole thing?

  Also, the Letterboxd reviews for this are terrifying.

Popular reviews

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  The War on Disco 2023

  ★★ Watched 31 Oct 2023

  Not worth watching if you already know anything about this subject. A decent primer for people who want to learn more about this cultural flashpoint. Underwhelming both in its presentation of the information and its selection of interviews.

  This whole program centers around the 1979 Disco Demolition Night, when a plan to detonate disco records at Comiskey Park between Chicago White Sox games turned from a publicity stunt for a rock radio station into a full-fledged riot. Hundreds of people…

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  Priscilla 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 05 Nov 2023

  The Elvis in Baz Luhrmann's 2022 biopic was a naive man child devoid of agency. That was one of my biggest problems with that bloated movie. Rather than telling an honest story about a real person with a complex legacy, Luhrmann got wrapped up in the mythology of The King and tried to paint him as both a phenomenon and a hopelessly manipulated kid. Anything cool Elvis did in that movie was due to his supernatural gifts; anything bad that…