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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 12 Mar 2025

  Thus continues the trend of me wincing whenever a character hits their head in a Bong Joon-Ho film.

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  Conclave 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Feb 2025

  Films that explore the calculus of political intrigue and the machinations of power will always have a place for me. Ralph Fiennes is excellent as usual and the cinematography is some of the best I’ve seen lately. Would be 4.5~5 if not for that ending though…

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  Dune: Part Two 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 03 Mar 2024 1

  The first film opens with the text “Dreams are messages from the deep”. This film opens with “Power over spice is power over all”.

  My main problem with Dune (1) was the incomplete nature of its story. It is while on itself still reasonably impressive Paul feels like a half character and the world building elements while impressive hadn’t yet reached their full potential. That being said the film is more about destiny and fate and the subconscious. Hence the…

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  The Holdovers 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 08 Jan 2024

  Perhaps Christmas has a new classic film.

  Heartwarming and funny. Paul Giamatti is one of the greatest actors.

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