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  Joker: Folie à Deux: Everything Must Go 2024

  Watched 08 Nov 2024 3

  Good documentary for a good sequel.

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  Megalopolis 2024

  Watched 03 Oct 2024

  For the first hour or so, I was thinking, “this is one of the comfiest and coolest movies ever made,” but I softened on that opinion over the remaining hour and 18 minutes. They aren’t bad but play out more like a decently compelling soap opera than the more manic feel the first half proposes. It IS pretty wild, though more restrained than I thought it would be, but that’s not a negative. The movie is at its best when…

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  The Wild Robot 2024

  Watched 26 Sep 2024

  The DANGERS of raising a child as an autistic mother. 

  A very beautiful and refreshingly low-key film, though I felt the higher-stakes third act was one of the weaker parts. Many shots looked like they came straight out of a concept art book. While the 3D wasn’t anything groundbreaking, it felt purposeful and well done. I did have a bit of a “is that it?” moment once the main story started unfolding, but for what that story is, it’s executed…

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  East Bay 2022

  Watched 16 May 2024

  A seemingly endless 95 minutes of poor editing choices and manifesto-tier rambling from the director, who is also the writer and lead actor. A fascinating real-life portrayal of the embittered Reddit Asian male stereotype.

  Idk how they got this in theaters.

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