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  Asteroid City 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 23 Mar 2024

  Shakespeare once said: “All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.”  Shakespeare, I believe, was having an existential crisis regarding our purpose in this world. Asteroid City is Wes Anderson’s answer to this existential crisis. This beautifully crafted meta theater film with its Shakespearean elements (3 witches anyone?) and expertly framed shots continuously reminds us that we are merely…

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  Saltburn 2023

  ★★★ Watched 07 Jan 2024

  I understand the motivation behind Oliver Quick’s actions in the film, but sorry, I couldn’t get past the gross  out factor.

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  The Holdovers 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 31 Dec 2023

  The Holdovers is a wonderful film about  stories or histories and how they affect our perception of ourselves and others. In the film, the three main characters are letting their histories define themselves, and because of this they can’t move forward—they’re being held over from realizing their own potential, and they’re letting others define their lives instead of living it for themselves. The film also highlights the effects of false narratives and how they warp our perception of the people…

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  Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 2023

  ★★½ Rewatched 05 Dec 2023

  This movie should have taken its own message to heart: leave the glory days to the past; you cannot recapture them no matter how much you want to.

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