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  Platoon 1986

  Rewatched 03 Mar 2025

  Tom Berenger was robbed at the 1986 Oscars, give him back his rightful academy award wtf…. His performance here as Ahab in the Jungle is great and I’m not partial at all to be saying this I’m merely an objective observer 🧘‍♀️. Oliver Stone always nails the casting of his movies if nothing else; it’s actually pretty remarkable — this cast is so insane, the hangout scenes are delicious to watch, just legends riffing. The White Rabbit scene is iconic. Platoon…

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  Extreme Measures 1996

  Rewatched 01 Mar 2025

  This is definitely not the best Gene Hackman movie to watch, but it was the first ever movie I saw of his, almost 15 years ago now. I still remember my dad pulling the dvd out of his massive folder, in the summer we started watching movies together, so I felt like it was due for a rewatch.
  It's a pretty nondescript, forgettable 90s thriller that loses steam and tension pretty early on and has poor Hugh Grant struggling to…

Popular reviews

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  The Structure of Crystal 1969

  ★★★★★ Watched 08 Feb 2018 5

  “You know, when I was twelve, that was a period of fantasy-making, I imagined I was a pilot, a chimney-sweeper, a pirate. I invented inconceivable stories in which I believed entirely. To myself, I was really all that I imagined. But I was 12 years old and you are 36, you see? I don’t know if you’re aware of the fact that you know only your own conception of yourself—which you have no chance of verifying. You can walk on…

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  Bacurau 2019

  Watched 15 Dec 2019 17

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.