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Reviews

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  Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984

  

  Chef's Apocalyptic Takes ★★★★ 2

  I'm gonna make my own Studio Ghibli Fest. With Takahata and Kondo!

  Part 1: The Anime Fan's Son's Guide

  Another year, another trip down the debatably wholesome world of Hayao…

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  My Neighbor Totoro 1988

  

  Chef's Apocalyptic Takes ★★★★½

  Hey, let's go
  Hey, let's go
  I'm happy as can be

  Part 1: Disclaimer

  Before we start the review, let me make something clear to my readers, old and new.…

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  My Neighbor Totoro 1988

  

  Kilo_Orange 8

  One of the few "modern” (though it's 30+ years old) animated films that competes with Disney of the 30s and 40s in terms of craft and, more importantly, spirit.

  The…

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  John Wick: Chapter 4 2023

  

  Amy Hensarling ★★★★ 27

  THE PRODIGAL SON RETURNS

  How you do anything is how you do everything. Just got out of watching John Wick: Chapter 4 in a totally packed IMAX theater and man, what…

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  Baby Face 1933

  

  Amy Hensarling ★★★★½ 10

  A BLAST OF DANGEROUS NOTORIETY!

  The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune.
  —Friedrich Nietzsche

  “If you stay in this town,…

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  Elvis 2022

  

  Jordan Thomas ★★½

  I don't know why Baz Luhrmann continues to make such messy, disorientating movies, but for reasons he only knows, Baz decided to montage his way through the most interesting parts…

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  John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum 2019

  

  Benjamin Prager Rubenkirk ★★★

  Yeah, I just don't get how anyone can earnestly prefer the "simplicity" (i.e., straightforward, no-frills revenge movie plot and repetitive, pistol-intensive shootouts) of the first film to the good old-fashioned…

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  Westbound 1959

  

  Andy Summers ★★★★

  It took me a couple of months, but I finally managed to track down the last of Budd Boetticher's Ranown Cycle for my collection. Just like 7 Men From Now,…