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  Mulholland Drive 2001

  ★★★★★ Watched 27 Jul 2024

  Hazel hated it, I loved it more. Must be my 12th rewatch.

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  Civil War 2024

  ★★ Watched 13 Jul 2024 1

  Flirts with a lot, commits to nothing, has little to say, and explosions occasional. Like a bad date with most everyone you've encountered before anyone interesting comes along. Could not handle how hilarious Dunst's death scene was.

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  A Ghost Story 2017

  ½ Added

  Pretentious smegma that pains you to endure it and gives you nothing in return. I really, honestly, eagerly queued this up - I loved the concept, I loved the idea of a tacky ghost subduing the emotional impact of his legacy transpiring before his eyes. I wanted musings on impermanence, I wanted suggestions of eternality, I wanted subdued or grandiose statements on how it means to live after your own death. Instead, Rooney Mara eats pie for twenty minutes. Instead,…

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  On the Beach at Night Alone 2017

  ★½ Watched 30 Oct 2019

  A woman learns nothing about herself, and neither do you. There is one conversation that veers on clairvoyance - the idea of not being qualified to love - but the meat of this lies in that statement there. Like the knit cap man who continually shows up in the film to no avail or significance, the film is whatever you want to assign to it. You'll notice the other reviews for this feel like creative writing exercises: Those who found meaning are predisposed to find it everywhere. This sounds romantic and desirable, and it is. But taste cannot be defined by pretension alone.

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