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  Anora 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 29 Mar 2025

  Sean Baker is an undeniable director, and Anora is a genuine accomplishment. It is beautifully shot, propulsive, and funny. Baker is known for making movies about people on the fringes of society, but I struggle with the fact that he makes those people spectacle. It often has the feel of "See? These poor people also have lives!" Anora has a little of this too, as the title character is sort of buffeted along by circumstance, with motivations that seem two…

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  Challengers 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 28 Mar 2025

  This is a spicy meatball of a movie! Zendaya was maybe the weakest part of the movie, since her whole deal seems largely to be scowling while being the most charismatic actor on the planet. The score is incredible and it is absolutely bananas that this didn't win the Academy Award for editing at least. O'Connor and Faist were both stellar, the nonlinear story was fun, and the climax was worth the wait.

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  Cold Moon 2016

  ★★ Watched 24 Nov 2017

  Wow, was this ever not good. Some magical overperforming by, well, everybody. Some decent CGI, but a boring, poorly-acted slog, where every single actor seems to be cast for a part a decade outside of reality.

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  The Babysitter 2017

  ★½ Watched 13 Oct 2017

  Dear God, was this ever awful. Tonally confused, poorly paced, an unearned ending, and edited like, well, a McG movie. The actors seemed game for the most part, although their enthusiasm outpaced their talent. Feel free to miss this one.

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