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  Mimic 1997

  ★★★ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  A serviceable film from Del Toro but in the scope of his career I think I’ll find myself struggling to remember this when compared to his much larger achievements later on. It has a cool angle on the trope of humans creating their destruction, but I never found the threat to be nearly as intimidating as they made it out to be, and this issue may be due to the designs of the insects which didn’t blow my mind. There…

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  Weekend 2011

  ★★★½ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  Weekend is an impressively held back debut by Andrew Haigh. His voyeuristic tendencies allow you to really sink in what the characters are saying, and it leads to many well written and thought provoking exchanges between the two leads. At the time this was released in 2012, I imagine it definitely packed an even bigger punch with how relevant it was to the discussions happening around gay rights at the time, and this film captures the different perspectives of the…

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Mar 2025

  It feels so good to finally see a new Bong Joon-Ho film in theaters. His films mean a lot to me, and Snowpiercer was one of the first times I watched something that wasn't one of whatever DVD I had on in constant rotation. Another thing I thought was cool was that he didn't seem to be conforming to what would make a ton of money, he did what he wanted to do with it. I always love when someone…

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  Novocaine 2025

  Watched 15 Mar 2025

  One of the many joys cinema has brought us are really violent, escapist acton films. They may not always hold up to scrutiny but their main goal is to deliver a fun, breezy ride, and if it can follow through on those promises, then I don't care much if there's plot holes or some underlying themes in every scene. Novocaine certainly did that for me, providing all of the moments of hurt that I was hoping for walking in. If…

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