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  Double Down 2005

  ★★★★★ Watched 14 Mar 2025

  Excellent Breen. The man had it right from the beginning.

  “He's planning something big. Bigger than 9/11, or any of the other larger catastrophes we've caught in time, after 9/11.”

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  Pass Thru 2016

  ★★½ Watched 10 Mar 2025

  Despite the poster, lesser Breen. Open borders Breen is a surprising positive, but he also seems to believe that immigrants should simply go back to where they came from? That we should "cleanse" the ruling class, but then once they're dead revolt against them? It's also worth admitting that watching government officials slowly fade from existence is less satisfying (especially in the current political climate) than Fateful Finding's eight onscreen suicides. Bizarre politics aside, there's simply not enough Breen. We…

Popular reviews

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  The Bell Jar 1979

  ★ Watched 26 Jan 2015 1

  Someday, somewhere, there will be a faithful and powerful cinematic retelling of Sylvia Plath's only novel about a young girl's descent into depression. Don't look for that retelling here.

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  Them 2006

  ★★ Watched 18 Sep 2023 1

  Did I just get Skinamarink'd* again?

  *Lured in by an intriguing horror premise only for the majority of the movie to be slow, blurry nothingness.