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  Barbie 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 23 Aug 2023

  Gets an extra half star for having all the Kens sing Push simultaneously.

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  Oppenheimer 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 24 Jul 2023

  A carefully crafted backstory and the willingness to meticulously wrap up every little plot line is what truly makes this film stand out.

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  Shutter Island 2010

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 25 Jan 2023

  When I first watched this film years ago, I was so astonished by its ending that I immediately watched it again in order to fully comprehend what I had just witnessed. Years later, this psychological thriller continues to be just as captivating and ominous as it was the day I first saw it.

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  Dune 2021

  ★★★★½ Watched 06 Dec 2022

  Through extensive world-building and meticulous characterization, a cast of familiar faces, led by Zendaya and Timothee Chalamet, succeed in immersing the viewer in a manner that so many sci-fi epics before have tried and failed to do.

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