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  Arthur 1981

  ★★ Watched 29 Mar 2025

  I didn’t find Arthur charming or endearing, which is the kiss of death for a movie that seems to desperately want me to like him.

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  Fanny and Alexander 1982

  ★★★★ Watched 24 Mar 2025

  This happened to me, but I turned out ok.

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  Twisters 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 30 Jul 2024

  “Get everyone in the movie theater!!”

  When the tornado pulled the movie screen off and the characters in the movie were getting sucked through the screen into the twister - mirroring our experience in the audience - that’s movie magic.

  The Twisters were genuinely scary at times. My experience was enhanced by seeing it at a drive through theater less than a week after having to hide out a tornado warning in a basement.

  A lot of the stuff in…

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  Civil War 2024

  ★ Watched 24 Jul 2024

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