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  Megalopolis 2024

  ★★ Watched 29 Sep 2024

  Francis, who did you make this film for?

  Because the kids are not alright.

Recent reviews

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  Architecton 2024

  ★★★ Watched 19 Mar 2025

  I for one enjoy the big rocks being sifted and turned into concrete to the sound of electronica. Like the Qatsi trilogy meeting the Zion sequences in The Matrix Reloaded.

  And then we just randomly follow architect Michele De Lucchi in a field, just for a mild Gardener's World break as he tries to figure out his horticure project, forcing garderners to make round stone circles.

  The film really works in isolated fragments, but not sure the film stands up on its own.

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  The Substance 2024

  ★★ Watched 27 Feb 2025

  I did not like this much, but this is not a genre I like that much (body horror even more so), so take what I say with a pinch of salt.

  The Substance ultimately suffers from being as empty and vacuous as the industry it portrays. Touching on points that Sunset Boulevard touched years ago, it doesn't have interior goals beyond surface level black humour. it's the beauty equivalent of an anti-war film—when simply depicting something risks endorsing it.

  The…

Popular reviews

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  The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie" 2022

  ★★ Watched 03 Aug 2022 1

  ‘I was driving a car and then on the radio-‘
  BYE BYE MISS AMERICAN PIE

  ‘I was sitting in my kitchen, broiling some lobster when suddenly-‘
  BYE BYE MISS AMERICAN PIE

  ‘Don McLean came out with that rhapsodic smile that he always-‘
  BYE BYE MISS AMERICAN PIE

  What would be a great hour long documentary with interesting tangents in American mythos anchored by an incredible song (and an overabundance of covers) to be hindered repeatedly by guests waffling-
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  Space Dogs 2019

  ★★ Watched 10 Sep 2020

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.