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  Sound! Euphonium the Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 24 Feb 2024

  Sound! Euphonium is one of Kyoto Animation's crown jewels. With relatable characters, the aspiration for improvement as the major theme working very well, excellent animation (from the lighting to the attention to detail) and breathtaking performances, it's one of their best. After the release of its second season and its fantastic spinoff movie, "Liz and the Blue Bird", the next outing for the students of Kitauji High School's orchestra was this sequel movie, and while it proved itself worthwhile, it…

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  Earwig and the Witch 2020

  ★★½ Watched 08 Feb 2021

  The first release from Studio Ghibli since 2015's "When Marney Was There", there were a lot of expectations for "Earwig and the Witch". And yet, the rare thing happened: a movie from this studio that ended up being not very good.

  While there is a bit of charm present, mostly whenever magic is involved, it ends up being a bit letdown. The title character is an unlikeable brat, the script just meanders from scene to scene without much happening and…

Popular reviews

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  Lightyear 2022

  ★★★ Watched 20 Jun 2022

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  The in-universe movie that inspired the toy we know and love, this served as a pretty solid origin story, but sadly among of Pixar's weaker efforts.

  Chris Evans is quite good as Buzz, managing to stand on his own from Tim Allen's version. Sox the cat is the absolute highlight of the movie. He's so charming and adorable. The first 20 or so minutes explore some interesting ideas about space travel and how it affects everyone via the passage…

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  Oppenheimer 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 20 Aug 2023

  Christopher Nolan. A name synonymous with quality filmmaking to many, an overrated director to others. I stand firmly in the middle. While I did enjoy some of his films, most of his filmography (particularly after 2014's Interstellar) hasn't connected with me much, mainly due to having either a cold and distant air to them that made me hard to connect with the characters or an attempt to be cerebral that makes the whole thing incomprehensible and unnecessarily confusing (prime example…

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