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  The Call 2025

  ★★★ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  Fun to watch Joel's first sequel. I did enjoy The Text a lot more though; the blocking seemed too forced in this one and the script wasn't as good. But incredible work to film a one take during the Oscars, two years in a row.

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  Saturday Night 2024

  ★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  When SNL is good it's because of the passion of the leagues of people working on it. This movie understands. Great impressions, impressive cinematography, but not much more here for me

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  Captain Ahab: The Story of Dave Stieb 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 12 Apr 2022 7

  In the past I have always prefaced my Jon Bois reviews by saying I don't even like baseball, I don't even watch football.

  Long overdue, I can now say, yes, I do like baseball. Dave Stieb's struggle is universal, gut wrenching, and inspiring. Sport as a metaphor for life has been a common theme in Bois documentaries, and here it never is contrived. The quality was consistent all the way through, with Part 3 easily the best. Bois and Rubenstein…

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  Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022

  ★★★★★ Watched 14 Apr 2022 3

  Some movies I feel in my chest, a weight that makes it feel more difficult to breathe. Some movies I tear up while watching. Some movies I marvel at the score, the choreography, the effects, the dialogue, or the acting.
  Very few check all those boxes. Very few leave me speechless for minutes stuck in my seat after it has ended. This review is inadequate. Watch this movie.

  I need to call my mom.