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Recent reviews

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  Dune: Part Two 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 11 Mar 2024

  79/100
  Unfortunately I did not love this film, it was overall good but did not meet my high expectations. The main issue I have with the film is the unconvincing storytelling and unrefined, rushed plot. Too often I felt that significant narrative/character developments lacked an appropriate build up or justification. The audiovisual construction of this film was bombastic and awe-inspiring and yet left little room for the characters to breathe and exhibit motivational depth. I haven't read the book, so…

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  Passages 2023

  ★★ Watched 05 Sep 2023

  No chemistry between the leads, dumb dialogue and subpar acting, insufferable characters without redeeming qualities (somewhat intentional, I assume), bland and uninspired cinematography, no musical score, zero emotional impact (except for some funny bits and the frustration and annoyance this film so masterfully elicits).

Popular reviews

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  Stalker 1979

  ★★★★★ Watched 14 Jan 2022 3

  91/100 (⭐️)
  Plot: 16/20
  The mysterious Zone and the Room where one’s deepest desires supposedly come true, are interesting story premises. While the plot is rather mundane (quite uneventful journey to the Room), the world-building is decent. The legends around the Zone and the artifacts within it point to its seemingly interesting but, in final consequence, unrevealed history. The film is very psychological in nature, focusing primarily on the characters and not on what happens external to them (“…everything that…

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  Bicycle Thieves 1948

  ★★★★½ Watched 12 Jan 2022

  88/100
  Plot: 22/25
  Great neorealist story/telling. While premised on ordinary life situations and characters in post-World War II Rome, the story is delivered with rich detail and spans several locations in the city. I felt immersed in this world stricken by the challenges of survival and was rooting for father and son in their quest to find the stolen bicycle on which their livelihood so much depended. The last scene was suspenseful in its build-up of the Father’s last desperate…