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  Saw X 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 28 Sep 2023

  Incredible callback to the original twist with its own spin.

  Lots to love but plenty that holds it back. Fun time though!

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  Dumb Money 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 21 Sep 2023

  Even as someone who intensely followed this saga, I'm not sure it really captures the scope. Certainly brought on a lot of emotions I felt a few years ago. I wonder how accessible it will be to outsiders. But it's engaging through and through with a great Paul Dano at the center.

Popular reviews

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  American Psycho 2000

  ★★★★★ Watched 22 Jul 2013 43

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

  Sorry about the length in advance.

  I watched this film a few years ago and thought, “I got it. He really isn’t Patrick Bateman. Big whoop.” I return to this and realize how little I knew. American Psycho is a masterpiece. It examines American society (specifically 80s Wall Street yuppies) in the most uproarious and horrific light possible. It’s dark and sardonic, but thoroughly entertaining. I shouldn’t be laughing at someone being killed or a related comment, but it absolutely…

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  The Social Network 2010

  ★★★★ Rewatched 12 Mar 2014 17

  When you're an asshole, you lose your girlfriend.
  When you lose your girlfriend, you get drunk at Harvard.
  When you get drunk at Harvard, you rant on the Internet.
  When you rant on the Internet, you make FaceMash.com.
  When you make FaceMash.com, you crash the system.
  When the system crashes, twins that row crew ask for your help (you hate crew).
  When you hate crew, you steal their idea.
  When you steal their idea, it becomes big.
  When it becomes…