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  Transformers One 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 25 Dec 2024

  I absolutely have to gush about this movie a bit, as it’s the BIONICLE movie I would’ve killed for as a kid. I think Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry absolutely fill their roles well. Unlike other A-listers in voice roles, I didn’t get distracted by their star power, and they kinda disappeared into their roles. That’s a testament to their VA skills, ESPECIALLY Brian as D-16/Megatron. His big moment gave me goosebumps. Part of that also goes to the…

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  Evil Dead 2013

  ★★★★ Rewatched 01 Jan 2025

  I always forget how absolutely fucked this movie is. It’s so extremely well made. Fede Alvarez is a masterful director, and I can feel a lot of the DNA here that made Alien: Romulus so sadistically fun and Don’t Breathe so oppressively intense.

  Still haven’t seen Evil Dead Rise yet, so no clue how that iteration sizes up to this, but this became the textbook requel when it first came out back in 2013. I still remember sneaking into the…

Popular reviews

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  Mission: Impossible – Fallout 2018

  ★★★★½ Watched 29 Jul 2018

  SCORE: 9 out of 10

  Mission Impossible: Fallout takes the tried and true MI story formula and breathes new life into it with some of the best action sequences I’ve seen in a long time. The bathroom and helicopter sequences, in particular, are incredible. Tom Cruise truly gives his all here with a good acting performance and insane stunts. Henry Cavill earns his marks as well. The plot is standard fare for the MI series, but the way it is…

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  Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2017

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 15 Dec 2017

  SCORE: 10 out of 10

  The best of the Disney Star Wars films as of this review, and in my personal opinion, the best Star Wars film since The Empire Strikes Back.

  Full Review: phoenixfdm.weebly.com/film-reviews/film-review-star-wars-the-last-jedi-spoilers

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