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Michael Clayton was fascinating. Somehow uncomparable and that alone makes it worth seeing.
I wouldn't say I'm enamored by it but I will definitely watch again.

I Like Movies was very entertaining and used its 90s aesthetic and beginner movie making theme very well. Felt like the best student film I've ever seen. With lots of rough edged, but lovingly made and with a lot of heart and good nature.

Andor S2 VERY good.

Flow is not for everyone but was for me. Cute and moving.

Black Bag more than solid. Nice companion piece to Tinker Tailor.

Sinners didn't connect fully with me, I'm more of a Peele guy, but I see the vision and value.

The Conversation: revolutionary back then but bored me.

As I expected, my new job preparing a course on experimental videogame critique that I get to teach starting next fall has led to me falling WAY behind on writing critique about the films I've seen. How ironic.

TV Review: Thoughts on "Andor" The best Star Wars has ever been

If you've seen Andor Season 2, this is a very good read detailing all the ways fascism and rebellion affect the people within

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Played the demo at amaze last year and looking forward to playing the whole thing later today. Please check it out, games like this are rare and deserving of your attention and time.

Amaze in Berlin in May is the best if you wanna go smallish

Rewatching Andor right now, season 2 coming in April, Poker face season 2 in may, it's a good spring for TV

A ★★★★ review of When Evil Lurks (2023) Wow, what a ride. Not many films manage to transport you into a different world quite like this one. Highly recommend to catch this on the big screen if possible. Almost no jumpscares (or tension buil...

I watched some very good horror recently

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A ★★★★★ review of Scavengers Reign (2023) Watched this over the past few months, savoring every bit of it. Truly special. If you like anything Sci Fi, give this a try. Or maybe this could be your entryway into this amazing genre? There's so m...

Finally finished this masterpiece today. Pinnacle of flora/fauna sci-fi. What a ride. I really wish to revisit this world someday in a sequel or spinoff.

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A ★★★½ review of Infested (2023) Athena but for monster movies. A very good entry into the genre. Does not rely on cheap tricks, is extremely well acted and immensely atmospheric throughout. The story could have used some plot work d...

If you like Monster Movies, this is one of the rare good ones. It's no Attack the Block, but not everyone can be Wright all the time.

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A ★★★★ review of Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron (2024) First off let me say that there will probably never be a documentary like this one again, because it's situation is so unique: One of animation's most cherished directors is being filmed making his la...

This may be as close to a real life Gandalf as we can get?

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A ★ review of The Beekeeper (2024) I'm sick with the flu and someone online said this was if other people tried to make John Wick so I gave it a go. Sorry, no, this doesn't hold a candle to what Wick achieves and I don't even like thos...

There is some value here if you want a campy no brains old school action film but it's mostly boring.

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A ★★ review of Piece By Piece (2024) I love The Neptunes and I was already aware of most of Pharrell's career and this film is well made and beautifully presented so I was a little confused as to why it left me so cold. I guess in the en...

This is one of those films that I keep watching without being bored and yet afterwards I feel like I just wasted two hours :/

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A ★★½ review of Venom: The Last Dance (2024) It's fine. Better than the second at least. They're stupid but the venom movies' saving grace is the fact they know how ridiculous they are. Not much else to be said, if you watch this you know what y...

I didn't expect much but got a little more than that so, shrug, it's okay?

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A ★★★½ review of The Fall Guy (2024) This is about as good as you can make a care free action comedy romance. It's fun, light hearted, ironic, meta and just really well written and fimed. Ryan Reynolds wishes he could be this.

I don't know when the last time was that I enjoyed a "stupid fun movie without anything to say" this much.

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Big reason why hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy was so good. There are too few light-hearted, downright unserious (but still philosophically enticing) sci fi stories.

A ★★★½ review of The Outrun (2024) The Outrun depicts addiction really, really well. It doesn't romanticize, but also doesn't satirise it. What's romanticized instead is the thing that can center you when you've lost your grip: Nature....

Addiction is hard and this film depicts it really, really well.

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A ★★★★★ review of Nope (2022) A genre mix of modern western and monster flick about heritage, ambition and the film industry. 2nd watching, enjoyed it even more than the first.

Masterpiece.

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A ★★★ review of The Wild Robot (2024) A good kids movie. Simple formula, well made. Tucks on the heart strings. Can never have too many of those. I appreciate that this ones a little morbid, too.

It's just a really good kids movie.

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A ★★★★½ review of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) Third time watching this because I love it. Tinker Tailor doesn't take its time explaining too much but instead drives on incredibly bleak atmospheres. A film about duty and paranoia in a 50s Britain ...

A grey mondrian. Intriguing.

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A ★★★½ review of Exhuma (2024) A mesmerizing episode of X-Files. Not so much a horror flick, as a character study / portrayal of shamanism in Korea. A geomancer, a coroner and two shamans dig up a grave. What sounds like the beginn...

Look, if your main character calls himself a "geomancer" and I'm not taken out of the film by that, then you've done your job.

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A ★★★★ review of Past Lives (2023) This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.

I really liked Past Lives

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Andor. Not cheerful, definitely hopeful.

This is the only star wars for me 💯

A ★★ review of Juror #2 (2024) 12 Angry Men but boring. Well made, but pointless and filled with clichés. I watched it because it was on so many best of 2024 lists but honestly if I had known Clint Eastwood directed I would have sk...

Oof.

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One day hopefully I will reach this level of film critique

A ★★★★½ review of Nosferatu (2024) If I'm going to see a Robert Eggers film, I know I'm in for a ride and this one's no exception. The always beautiful, often breathtaking shots are supported perfectly by nuanced performances from depp...

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And that's why I did!

You can't tell me what to do, Nosferatu