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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  Really fun, though not entirely focused. Goofy in the same way Snowpiercer is, but made so much more vibrant by the dynamism of Robert Pattinson, whose version of a fed-up, no-nonsense Mickey 18 here had me laughing with glee. I love those tardigrade-ass alien bear things, too. I want one. Truly not sure what this movie is "about," but I did get teary at the end when I felt something powerful about the value of having a clear identity that is entirely one's own.

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  The Mummy 2017

  ★½ Watched 07 Mar 2025

  Nooo not the random chick I stole from two days ago!

  There's no reason why Tom Cruise chasing/being chased across London by a hot, sexy dominatrix mummy should be so corny. This movie is bad and I put a lot of the blame on how dark it is?? I mean that literally: At least half of the action happens under enough cover of darkness that it's hard to tell what's physically happening—what a rip-off. But it doesn't help that Cruise's…

Popular reviews

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  Dune: Part Two 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 10 Mar 2024

  For most of the runtime I was so impressed, like I was in Part One, with the BIGNESS of this movie. Every moment is BIG. The score is BIG. The sandworms are HUGE. The stakes feel MASSIVE. I didn’t see it in IMAX but I would like to because that’s a BIG SCREEN. BIG MOVIE: PART TWO.

  But I was also lacking something: feeling, emotion. I didn’t really buy Paul and Chani’s relationship, for example. They fell in love quickly…

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  Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 12 Jul 2023

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