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Recent reviews

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  The Gorge 2025

  ★★½ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  The algorithm got me.

  It literally had a scene where Anya plays chess and Whiplash dude plays drums.

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  Take Out 2004

  ★★★½ Watched 06 Mar 2025

  Early Sean Baker co-directed feature on YouTube with no ads right now. Solid hustle verite in the same vain as his later work though with a bit of Chungking Express flavor this time.

Popular reviews

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  Yes Man 2008

  ★ Watched 22 Jul 2012 17

  No.

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  Hurlyburly 1998

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Sep 2012 5

  There were a slew of these scene-chewing, play-adapted films in the nineties, and almost all of them starred Kevin Spacey. Watching Hurlyburly for the first time felt akin to time travel, both because this kind of film isn't made anymore but also because it hinges on a contemporary story that saturates in its particular moment.

  I assume this film is loathed by a lot of people who've seen it. Along with its indulgence of just letting actors gorge on dialogue…