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  8-Bit Christmas 2021

  ★ Watched 25 Nov 2023 6

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  Typical 80s nostalgia bait. Fit the bill as a holiday movie that played on the TV as I wandered in and out of the living room but it genuinely made me angry whenever I actually focused on it.

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  May December 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 24 Nov 2023 1

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

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  Like the box of shit that Natalie Portman's Elizabeth unknowingly clutches upon arrival to this close-knit Savannah community, the latest Todd Haynes film is packed with nasty, sordid surprises while carrying a heavy hazy layer of trauma underneath. Part psychodrama, part academic re-work of a Lifetime true-crime special - all of May December rests on a tonal highwire far above its influences, and there's not a misstep to be found. Portman and Moore fight for control in this tale…

Popular reviews

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  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019

  ★ Watched 19 Dec 2019 308

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

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  Disney/Lucasfilm Headquarters. Int. Day.

  Rian Johnson: Oh, hey, JJ!

  JJ Abrams: Hi Rian, how's it going?

  RJ: Great! I just wanted to say that really enjoyed my time making The Last Jedi. It was so exciting to craft a personal film with Disney money. And everyone at Lucasfilm approved it right away because Episode 7 left me with a bunch of mystery-box ideas and set-up that wasn't going to lead anywhere. Who directed that one again?

  JJ: Me. I…

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  American Psycho 2000

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 09 Aug 2014 22

  Christian Bale deserved an Oscar.

  So quotable.

  So funny.

  So twisted.

  So delirious.

  So amazing.

  Sorry this review is so short, I have to return some videotapes.