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Recent reviews

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  Why the pigeon?
  I loved that dinner scene and when it got its wackiest, it felt the most like Bong.
  It’s messy on the whole. Like a messy sauce 
  Sauces - the essence of life.
  Teeth, another common symbol here??
  Grab onto life by the skin of its teeth?? I don’t know. I’m reaching here. 18’s sacrifice wood make sense. As is the sanctity of life.??? Things aren’t as clear as his finer work.
  The nazi/Trump messages are funny and…

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  Cinema Paradiso 1988

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025

  How is it a film and score can make you yearn for a time you weren’t part of so bad????
  Seeing this again really dug up the past in a way that made me feel so much reverence for not just this film, but the past itself. 
  Saccharine sweet - maybe what put me off first. But my heart was totally bought knowing what was coming.
  Absolutely smitten

Popular reviews

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  Deadpool & Wolverine 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 06 Aug 2024

  Overly doused in self-references
  Think some clear re-writing/pacing issues in the middle
  But twas indeed a fun ol time

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  The Killer 2023

  ★★ Watched 06 Oct 2023

  Did I miss something here??
  There is no doubt David Fincher is a masterful director whose unique style can make anything dazzle. However this script was wasted on him.
  The cold unempathetic killer has been done many times and Michael Fassbinder's great approach seems wasted on this bunch of seemingly satirical tableaus. The character's drives aren't given enough relatability and his mantra, along with his constant mishaps becomes parodic. If this indeed was a satire, it isn't funny enough to…