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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★½ Watched 14 Mar 2025

  I had hope and expectations for Bong John Ho's latest film, the trailers looked quite nice, the premise was intriguing and the setup appeared to be very engaging but honestly the end result did not click to me.

  I felt that a lot was heavily caricaturized, mainly Ruffalo and Collette's characters which sometimes did not work well, and then the plot the movie focuses on in the end is not the one a premise like this one deserved which is unfortunate since the engaging performance of Pattinson and the quirky cloning premise had quite the potential.

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  Conclave 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 25 Feb 2025

  As an engineer this is just like an epic sprint planning / refinement session. An intense, engaging and emotional voting session that results in an overall great movie. The performances are so good and captivating that allow the viewer to feel completely immersed by this world of power and secrets.

Popular reviews

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  The Substance 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 13 Sep 2024

  This was an unstoppable, shocking, satirical and unforgettable experience that caught me off guard in so many different ways and that is so relevant in today's culture of beauty and social media standards.

  The first act exposure of the protagonist's body disorder at the age of 50 is quite often disturbing and uncomfortable to watch at times, and is especially ironical when the character in question is played by Demi Moore. I loved the substance introduction, it was very well…

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  Amelia’s Children 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Sep 2023

  Brother Ed!

  This one caught me completely off-guard... The pacing is nerve-racking and effective, there are a lot of chilling moments and all the comic relief is spot-on. I might be biased from all the energy in the session since this was clearly one of the best nights I had at MOTELX, but the film was a surprise. It is the best Portuguese horror film I have seen so far and also one of the most accessible ones. It is…