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  • The Maiden
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  • Falcon Lake

    ★★½

  • Babysitter

    ★★★★½

  • Lilting

    ★★½

  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    ★★★★★

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  • The Maiden

    The Maiden

    ★★★★

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

    Ever wondered what Stand by Me would have been like during the high school years if Chris Chambers had started to believe what people said about him and began to act out? And then he got run over by a train? So Gordie wanders around depressed and then finds solace through a cat? Meanwhile, some random kid feels completely alone in this world and so Chris's ghost leads her away from self-harm, suicide, and loneliness by teaching her to care…

  • The Haunted House

    The Haunted House

    ★★★★½

    Tag yourself - I'm the bat girl who offers Keaton a hug and he runs away afraid.

    Keaton you frowny short king you...it becomes clear watching his movies that he (and others) were the true heroes of cinema, those who saved it from being boring little videos by meh actors that were fabulous in their own right because they were still acting and still films and wow film is cool, but wow those films couldn't have saved cinema.

    You need…

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  • Falcon Lake

    Falcon Lake

    ★★½

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

    The kids having a sexual relationship part I could do without - the rest had a lot of merit. This film has some interesting explorations of sexuality and the west's obsession with youth and summer (almost synonymous in some people's heads) and that ending was the chase of doom that is to never grow up, to die and live out youth forever, and it was so disturbing, but I also think the director here is chasing youth herself and the…

  • Babysitter

    Babysitter

    ★★★★½

    I loved it

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  • Women Talking

    Women Talking

    ½

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

    The book is beautiful.

    Ben Whishaw, you did an amazing job, bravo.

    The casting was good. Some of the actors were really good.

    That's the end of the good here. My star rating speaks for itself but in case you're curious, rather than watch the film, I'll tell you a little of what's wrong here so that you don't waste your time (please read the book, though, it's fantastic, 4 1/2 stars).

    1) It's not faithful to the book in…

  • Top Gun

    Top Gun

    ★★★★★

    Best movie ever?

    I'LL TAKE YOU RIIIIGHT INTOOOO THE DANGERZONEEE