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  John Wick 2014

  ★★★ Watched 18 Mar 2023

  Chad Stahelski's John Wick released in 2014, is a hyper-violent and relentlessly nihilistic film that is nevertheless incredibly entertaining. At its core, the film works because it taps into a fundamental human trait: the desire to protect the vulnerable. Everyone is a killer, but it draws a line between the guy who cares about his love for an adorable puppy and the guys who don't.

  The film's thesis centers around this idea, as it explores the lengths to which John…

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  80 for Brady 2023

  ★★ Watched 05 Feb 2023

  Pleasant enough as a matinee with my parents. But, sorry, I’m a Mahomes stan.

Popular reviews

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  Citizen Kane 1941

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 05 Jun 2020 1

  Citizen Kane is so often spoken of in hushed tones, as though it is a museum piece to be admired and analyzed. Or it’s remembered simply as a place-holder for the top of a particular class: “such and such is the Citizen Kane of fill-in-the-blank.” And then you will inevitably get the hot take, “Well, it’s important for introducing all these camera techniques, but now that those techniques are commonplace, we really don’t need it anymore.” Perhaps the film is…

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  High and Low 1963

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 09 Apr 2020 1

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  High and Low. Rich and Poor. Right and Wrong. Cops and Criminals. Shoes and Hats. Act One and Act Two. Akira Kurosawa's 1963 crime thriller High and Low is a film of contrasts. While it is structured around dichotomies, its fascination lies in how the seemingly opposing sides bleed into one another. This first part of the movie is a tense moral parable. Mr. Gondo (Toshiro Mifune) is an executive at a shoe company, who receives a ransom demand from…