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  • The Secret of NIMH

    ★★★★★

  • Alien

    ★★★★★

  • The Three Musketeers: Milady

    ★★★★

  • DC League of Super-Pets

    ★★½

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  • Alien

    Alien

    ★★★★★

    Rewatched this with my wife last night. This was my 2nd time seeing the film and I think I liked it more this time. Since I knew what was happening I had more attention for the details and sub-plots. I would HIGHLY recommend this movie to anyone. It's incredibly smart and well-paced. Possibly one of my favorite films.

  • The Three Musketeers: Milady

    The Three Musketeers: Milady

    ★★★★

    This is an interesting film because it moves constantly between interesting and meandering. The core story is excellent but there's a LOT of sub-plots that are treated as if they are extremely important, but were hard for me to really care about because the characters had only been on screen for a minute or two. Lots of the movie felt like I was being told the person was important without being shown WHY they were important.

    The action was really…

  • DC League of Super-Pets

    DC League of Super-Pets

    ★★½

    I watched this with my five year old daughter Ada last night. She loved it, I thought it was mediocre at best.

    The cast is stacked with live-action celebrities that felt totally unnecessary or well-fitted to their roles. It's not that they were bad, only that better voice actors could have done a much better job on a much smaller budget. Do I really need The Rock to play Superman's dog? Of John Krasinski as Superman?

    The animation is a…

  • The Wood

    The Wood

    ★★★★½

    This is a movie I heard a lot about as a teenager but never watched it. As someone who came from a rural, very white background, I am definitely not the target demographic of this film. It feels like a film made for black men who grew up in the inner city. BUT, it's also a universal coming-of-age tale about three best friends and how challenging navigating the changes from childhood to adult can be. The film bounces between the…

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