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Recent reviews

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  Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League 2025

  ★★★ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  Even more than its predecessor, this sequel is... *adjusts sunglasses* ...completely bat shit crazy! Mostly in a good way.

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  Aqua 2012

  ★★★½ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  It seems wrong to call this a dry run, but this early short film by Gints Zilbalodis nevertheless contains the central premise and several scenes that would later be refined and expanded upon in the wonderful Flow a decade later. Absolutely worth 7 minutes of your time!

Popular reviews

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  From Up on Poppy Hill 2011

  ★★★★ Rewatched 13 May 2012 13

  The world was very unkind to Goro Miyazaki when he took the unexpected leap from landscape architect and museum manager to director in 2006. Tales from Earthsea had its fair share of weaknesses and outright faults, but the yardstick by which the younger Miyazaki was measured and found lacking was downright unfair and cruel. The recent documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi contains a musing from a food critic that's strikingly relevant: 86 year old Jiro is still in charge of…

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  The Innocents 2021

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Jul 2021 1

  Young Scanners.

  I don't think I've ever been so relieved to see the "No animals were hurt during the making of this movie" disclaimer before.