Recent reviews

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  Arrival 2016

  ★★★ Watched 21 Oct 2024

  Denis Villeneuve expects you to believe that a spacefaring civilization would voluntarily travel to Venezuela

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  Primal Fear 1996

  ★★★★½ Watched 19 Oct 2024

  The unremarkable title, unspectacular (yet solid) cast, and a slow start off the blocks make it tough to know what exactly you’re getting with this film…but the reward for sticking around is an absolutely lights-out performance that makes it all work

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  Caché 2005

  ★★★ Watched 27 Sep 2024

  The concept requires a limited style of shot, which is executed well. The choice of ending requires reasonable explanations (plural), which are not executed nearly as well

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  Se7en 1995

  ★★★ Watched 27 Sep 2024

  Unique in concept, but the execution is gratuitous throughout and the resolution requires an otherwise well-established character to behave inconsistently

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