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Recent reviews

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  Emilia Pérez 2024

  ★ Watched 24 Dec 2024

  Finding out that this was directed by a French guy made it make more sense.

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  Kung Fu Panda 4 2024

  ★★★ Watched 10 Mar 2024 2

  Having not watched the second and third installments, and having forgotten what happens in the first, I didn't know what to expect. But this exceeded my expectations. Real moral quandaries here involving Awkwafina.

Popular reviews

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  Bottle Rocket 1996

  ★★★ Watched 22 Jun 2020

  I’ve been meaning to watch this for a few months now. Within the first couple of minutes, I realized that I had definitely seen Bottle Rocket a long, long time ago. I'm sure I found it funny then, and it holds up pretty well on that front in 2020. The characters and plot are what you'd expect from a Wes Anderson + Wilson bros movie, and they’re enough to make this one worth recommending. Most of the time, watching Anthony,…

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  Asteroid City 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 04 Jul 2023

  One of Wes Anderson's most visually appealing efforts. A feast for the eyes. 

  Immediately after watching, I felt that the metatextual angle to the plot added a layer that didn't really offer much to the viewer. To some extent, I still feel that way. You don't get much in the way of the playwright's ideas or motivations, and I may have to watch it again to understand why Adrien Brody is even in this. At the same time, it's easy…