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  Dune: Part Two 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 08 Mar 2024

  What a fucking experience. So glad I saw this in IMAX, easily one of the greatest moviegoing experiences of my life, really hard to top this as a grand-scale cinematic achievement. Lots of moments throughout this is going to stick with me for a long time. I really did not want it to end.

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  Leave the World Behind 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 30 Dec 2023

  Ending was extremely anti-climactic and somewhat frustrating but the buildup and tension prior was excellent. These kinds of stories do really rely on the end actually bringing the many puzzle pieces together to become genuinely great, and this certainly did fall flat there, as a lot of genuinely interesting plot points didn't end up having really anything to say past the surface level. Still, I cannot deny that I found this extremely engaging throughout nearly the entire run time. Just wish it had a bit more to say ultimately

Popular reviews

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  Nope 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 07 Aug 2022

  This was neat but as much as I don't want to, I can't help but feel a little disappointed. I appreciated the way Peele weaved his overarching message into the movie for sure, the presentation was all there as expected, but there wasn't entirely anything that blew me away. That's okay sometimes but I guess it's just what I was expecting. Still enjoyed it but I think it's the weakest of this three films.

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  The Haunting of Hill House 2018

  ★★★★★ Watched 28 May 2022

  Absurdly engaging from beginning to end. Easily one of the most continuously compelling pieces of media I’ve ever seen fortified by sensational, believable acting performances across the board. 

  A somewhat “obvious” concept (ghosts = guilt “haunting you”) that manages to subvert your expectations again and again with absolute dread as meaningful and deep as I have ever felt.

  I cannot say enough about just how phenomenal this story weaves together, slowly but surely, in a way that truly matters so…