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  That They May Face the Rising Sun 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 19 Mar 2025

  The kind of movie set in a picturesque place with fully-fleshed characters where nothing happens but the plot of day-to-day life, yet your heart aches with longing for a life completely inaccessible

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  Gladiator II 2024

  ★★★ Watched 19 Mar 2025

  Fun plane movie, don't think too much

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  The Banshees of Inisherin 2022

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  A star turn by native-born Ayo Edebiri.

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 19 Jan 2025

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  Did the plans at the…

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