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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 28 Mar 2025

  Fun spy mystery.

  Fassbender and Blanchett are great and the supporting cast around them are good as well. Their chemistry and performances make for many excellent moments and scenes throughout. I love how smart every character is, despite how their personalities differ from cool and calculated to more funny and comedic.

  Also this movie flies by. Soderbergh likely has a lot to do with this. It’s already a tight 90 but feels like even less. There’s also some interesting lighting techniques and cool editing in scenes like the polygraph test.

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  Once Upon a Time in China III 1992

  ★★★½ Watched 27 Mar 2025

  A clear step down from the previous two films, but still a very fun time. 

  I don’t think the action and set pieces reach the euphoric and enthralling highs of the first two, but the action is still good. I’m still attached to these characters and their relationships, and while this film is a bit sillier than the others, there’s parts of that I like. For example, 13th Aunt having a filmmaking subplot is very funny. 

  So, it’s my least favorite of the trilogy but still an enjoyable watch.

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  Oppenheimer 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 22 Jul 2023 1

  I have become film bro, destroyer of worlds 

  It may be the theater experience talking, but Oppenheimer is Nolan at his best. Amazing cinematography and visuals, a precise script, and an astounding score from Ludwig Göransson. It’s clear that Nolan had a complete vision for this film and executed on it. The trinity test scene is so insanely tense and the ending leaves you with a sense of dread (until you watch Barbie after).

  This entire stacked cast is amazing…

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  The Whale 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 04 Feb 2023

  This movie made me feel bad for eating M&Ms in the theater 

  This movie was good. Fraser has a great performance and I liked the score. It was shot well and well directed. 

  I don’t think the movie fully ramps up until the third act. But that third act is really good. There’s some excellent scenes and I really liked the ending. 

  I will say I’m kinda tired of the teenager who hates everything trope. Idk why that hit me when I was watching this but it did. Still, I enjoyed this movie and I’m happy Brendan Fraser is getting awards hype.

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