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  Glass Onion 2022

  ★★★★ Rewatched 26 Dec 2022

  This is camp and I enjoyed it. I like a good convoluted murder mystery and also a "locked room" type of adventure. Glass Onion feels like a child of Clue (aka one of the best moves of all time) and even alludes to the boardgame. Not to mention the broken glass extravaganza that beats the smashing good time had in Clue. There were a few points in Glass Onion where the plot got a little away from me - but…

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  2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten 2016

  ★★½ Added

  The problem with this film is that none of the main characters are particularly likeable. I get the need for bad guys, but even the dude that I think we are supposed to feel sympathy for ends up being a bit of a dick in one scene.

  It's a low budget film and some of the scenes feel a bit "student film", in both the acting and cinematography, but there are other scenes that are surprisingly beautiful and well shot.…

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  The Lifeguard 2013

  ★★ Watched 15 Sep 2013 1

  I'm disappointed. I saw this based on an enthusiastic review from a film critic that showed up in my Tumblr feed. But I was let down. The film is about a young journalist (29, not 30) who quits her life in New York, moves back home with her parents, becomes a lifeguard and starts rooting a local 16-year-old hottie. That in itself is an intriguing premise, but the film didn't handle it well. It was too scripty, feeling like an…

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  Strictly Sexual 2008

  ★★★ Added

  It sounds like a porno, but it's a sweet indie (i.e. low-budget) romantic comedy about a couple of women who get a couple of men to be their gigolos... but don't count on falling in love. It's the most watched film on Hulu, and was surprisingly charming.

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