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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 12 Feb 2025

  About as good as you would expect from Eggers, but also not amazing. I don't know if it's because it's an adaptation of an adaptation or what, but I never really felt much dread or suspense until the final moments. Great performances all around by the cast, and the look and feel are spot on.

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  Smile 2 2024

  ★★½ Watched 06 Feb 2025

  Felt overlong, unpleasant, and mostly predictable. Telegraphs most of its punches, and just left me feeling icky. Seems like they wrote themselves into a corner for number 3.

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  Immortals 2011

  ★★★ Watched 18 Jan 2020 1

  A creative retelling of the deeds of Theseus with the wild expressionist vision of Tarsem. Weird, but full of amazing visuals. I think Henry Cavill smiles more in this than in Man of Steel, which is a shame.

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  Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2023

  Touching, funny, unsettling, and dark, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio surpasses any version of this classic folktale yet put to screen. Even Disney's classic re-telling seems light on substance compared to this. A wonderful adaptation with amazing stop-motion animation, and great voice performances to boot. Cate Blanchett as a monkey is fantastic. I want to see the footage of her recording sessions.

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