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  Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 02 Oct 2024

  Not gonna lie, I was only in it for Mr. Norton. Ended up liking pretty much the whole dang thing.

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  Civil War 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 29 Jun 2024

  The Walking Dead meets post-2024 US Presidential election. I liked watching it on the screen. I won’t like watching it out the window.

Popular reviews

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  The Jangling Man: The Martin Newell Story 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 06 Jan 2024

  So glad this got made, Martin Newell is the jewel of jangle-pop and his story so deserved telling. I only wish it was longer and went deeper, but I’m grateful we get this little documentary slice at all.

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  Girl Shy 1924

  ★★★★★ Watched 25 May 2020

  I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve always had a bias toward Buster Keaton over Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and similar silent era comedians. However, I realized today that my allegiance to Keaton’s work has potentially left me missing out on gems like Girl Shy. I took the plunge down this hour-plus long, Harold Lloyd-starring,  1924 flick as a result of a single still that compelled me to look into it further. And damn, I’m glad I did. It has all…

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