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  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982

  ★★★★★ Watched 26 Mar 2025

  I was so prepared to be a hater, had not seen it since I was a very young child (if at all) and BOY was I wrong. ET's facial expressions were incredible. the kids were incredible. i cried three separate times. what a joy of a movie.

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  The Gorge 2025

  ★★★ Watched 19 Mar 2025

  I can't say it was great but it was visually and story-wise more interesting than a lot of junky shit that gets put out there.

Popular reviews

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  The Creator 2023

  ★★½ Watched 30 Sep 2023

  Hm. I watched this at a theater in Taiwan, after travelling in Vietnam and Cambodia and seeing museums about the Vietnam war and American bombings, and boy was that at front of mind--obviously the point, but it felt extremely bad to watch.

  This felt....gross, and mean, not in the "wow really makes you think" way but in the "wow is that how you want to portray America to the world" kind of way. Don't get me wrong, I am acutely…

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  Field of Dreams 1989

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 26 Nov 2020

  cried again! Burt Lancaster! James Earl Jones having the time of his life!

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