Letterboxd 4v3r4n Ben https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/ Letterboxd - Ben Judy u6f5n 2019 - ★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/judy-2019/ letterboxd-review-909931719 Sun, 8 Jun 2025 08:07:01 +1200 2025-06-07 No Judy 2019 2.0 491283 <![CDATA[

6u532b

the two stars are only for renée’s performance <3

i really wish this showed more of her life!! than jumping between 1939 and 1969 (reducing her early years as just Oz in turn). the effective jumping then means it doesn’t show her fall from grace, and missed moments in her life that could be easily introduced as scenes to extrapolate from

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Avatar 254p62 2009 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/avatar/ letterboxd-review-907991791 Fri, 6 Jun 2025 01:43:12 +1200 2025-05-25 Yes Avatar 2009 3.0 19995 <![CDATA[

visuals amazing, movie kinda boring, subtitle typeface choice unforgivable

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You've Got Mail 6l5x3m 1998 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/youve-got-mail/ letterboxd-review-903703307 Sun, 1 Jun 2025 08:44:12 +1200 2025-05-31 Yes You've Got Mail 1998 4.0 9489 <![CDATA[

lesbian queen Birdie is the best character in the film, and i will die on this hill

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Apollo 10½ 5q3oy A Space Age Childhood, 2022 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/apollo-10-a-space-age-childhood/ letterboxd-review-900160054 Wed, 28 May 2025 08:28:34 +1200 2025-05-27 No Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood 2022 4.0 664996 <![CDATA[

loved the rotoscope animation of this so much of it, especially the halations round the highlights. could almost feel the nostalgia for the period despite being a lil too late to the party, and the naïveté of childhood lol

only critique would be it ran a little long; like it could have been about 60mins instead of 98?

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The Matrix Resurrections 2g531c 2021 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/the-matrix-resurrections/ letterboxd-review-896062696 Sat, 24 May 2025 09:31:43 +1200 2025-05-23 No The Matrix Resurrections 2021 3.5 624860 <![CDATA[

alright, but i think the original trilogy had a lot more to say than this

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Milk 1q1sh 2008 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/milk-2008/ letterboxd-review-895202900 Fri, 23 May 2025 09:15:12 +1200 2025-05-22 Yes Milk 2008 4.0 10139 <![CDATA[

first time watching since number 1 bozo anita bryant died 

happy harvey milk day ❤️

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Clockwatchers 32262e 1997 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/clockwatchers/ letterboxd-review-885814601 Mon, 12 May 2025 05:48:36 +1200 2025-05-11 No Clockwatchers 1997 4.0 55561 <![CDATA[

watching this on a -sunday- evening was a mistake ://

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Muriel's Wedding 1g5g5n 1994 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/muriels-wedding/1/ letterboxd-watch-885590016 Sun, 11 May 2025 23:51:50 +1200 2025-05-09 Yes Muriel's Wedding 1994 5.0 236 <![CDATA[

Watched on Friday May 9, 2025.

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Dune t3r24 1984 - ★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/dune/1/ letterboxd-review-885589819 Sun, 11 May 2025 23:51:25 +1200 2025-05-11 Yes Dune 1984 2.0 841 <![CDATA[

took me a second watch of this to realise “walk without rhythm, and you won’t attract the worm” is referenced by that fatboy slim song lmao

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Xanadu 3v3a2d 1980 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/xanadu/2/ letterboxd-review-885588114 Sun, 11 May 2025 23:47:38 +1200 2025-05-10 Yes Xanadu 1980 5.0 15668 <![CDATA[

deeply interested in the establishment’s business model tbh

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The Borrowers 1i1n41 1997 - ★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/the-borrowers/ letterboxd-review-868435419 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:49:50 +1200 2025-04-21 No The Borrowers 1997 2.0 9449 <![CDATA[

i seeing this referenced in a library book in primary school but somehow actually watching makes me feel very uneasy

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WarGames 6t6f67 1983 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/wargames/1/ letterboxd-review-867495543 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 04:48:10 +1200 2025-04-20 Yes WarGames 1983 3.0 860 <![CDATA[

watching this the ✨same✨ day after reading the news headline NATO acquires AI military system really hits different x

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Xanadu 3v3a2d 1980 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/xanadu/1/ letterboxd-review-867492662 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 04:44:31 +1200 2025-04-18 Yes Xanadu 1980 5.0 15668 <![CDATA[

biiig fan of the Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 transitions heavily used in this

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It Happened One Night 3l5a1q 1934 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/it-happened-one-night/1/ letterboxd-review-867488381 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 04:39:22 +1200 2025-04-19 Yes It Happened One Night 1934 5.0 3078 <![CDATA[

is this where the brand name Dunkin Donuts came from?!

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Paint Drying 4t416k 2016 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/paint-drying/ letterboxd-review-858551464 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:45:13 +1200 2025-04-10 No Paint Drying 2016 5.0 1481046 <![CDATA[

adding this as a review so i don’t forget about it, what a time to be alive

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All the King's Men 6e2e17 1949 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/all-the-kings-men/ letterboxd-review-852921176 Fri, 4 Apr 2025 09:08:31 +1300 2025-04-03 No All the King's Men 1949 3.5 25430 <![CDATA[

you know how you read an article from The Onion and think to yourself “oh this could be real life these days”? that’s what watching this whole movie is like lmao

Mercedes McCambridge fr stole the whole thing

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Dangerous Liaisons 4fmq 1988 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/dangerous-liaisons/ letterboxd-watch-852840491 Fri, 4 Apr 2025 06:52:27 +1300 2025-04-03 Yes Dangerous Liaisons 1988 3.0 859 <![CDATA[

Watched on Thursday April 3, 2025.

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Party Girl j6039 1995 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/party-girl-1995/ letterboxd-review-848833034 Sun, 30 Mar 2025 10:15:19 +1300 2025-03-29 No Party Girl 1995 3.5 36196 <![CDATA[

shoutout to uncredited cast member the dewey decimal system

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The Children's Hour 515m1i 1961 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/the-childrens-hour/ letterboxd-review-848784751 Sun, 30 Mar 2025 09:26:36 +1300 2025-03-29 No The Children's Hour 1961 4.5 20139 <![CDATA[

that mary kid and veda from mildred pierce,,,, satan himself would run in terror between the pair of them 

literally trowma from the final act of this

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You Can't Take It with You ll4g 1938 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/you-cant-take-it-with-you/ letterboxd-review-848011521 Sat, 29 Mar 2025 11:37:35 +1300 2025-03-28 No You Can't Take It with You 1938 3.5 34106 <![CDATA[

kinda dragged on a bit but that chaotic minute or so with all the fireworks going off was worth it

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Muriel's Wedding 1g5g5n 1994 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/muriels-wedding/ letterboxd-review-847915787 Sat, 29 Mar 2025 10:22:54 +1300 2025-03-28 No Muriel's Wedding 1994 5.0 236 <![CDATA[

somehow more of an abba film than the abba film with all the abba songs

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Late Night 1z14f 2019 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/late-night/ letterboxd-review-847803986 Sat, 29 Mar 2025 06:40:54 +1300 2019-12-21 Yes Late Night 2019 2.5 523172 <![CDATA[

felt VERY the mindy project despite being completely not and about something entirely different lmao

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Oblivion 6k2d6y 2013 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/oblivion-2013/ letterboxd-review-843022896 Sun, 23 Mar 2025 11:16:27 +1300 2025-03-22 Yes Oblivion 2013 3.5 75612 <![CDATA[

wtf this didn’t have anything to do with the elder scrolls

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Mommie Dearest 2l3m41 1981 - ★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/mommie-dearest/ letterboxd-review-842022391 Sat, 22 Mar 2025 09:29:07 +1300 2025-03-21 No Mommie Dearest 1981 1.5 15660 <![CDATA[

truly the epitome of so bad it’s funny of bad movies, whilst some of it was terrifying knowing some of it must have been based on some of christina’s childhood - it will have re-watchability though!

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Wicked 52571s 2024 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/wicked-2024/ letterboxd-review-838116525 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:21:47 +1300 2025-03-16 No Wicked 2024 4.5 402431 <![CDATA[

elphaba is muad’dib 😌💞

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Clue 6u1z4e 1985 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/clue/ letterboxd-review-837752930 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 04:18:43 +1300 2025-03-16 No Clue 1985 4.5 15196 <![CDATA[

when they seen someone else’s dead body and were just so unbothered by it at that point 😭

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(500) Days of Summer 2k166c 2009 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/500-days-of-summer/ letterboxd-review-837658457 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 01:52:00 +1300 2025-03-16 No (500) Days of Summer 2009 4.0 19913 <![CDATA[

rip summer finn you would’ve loved the word situationship

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Working Girl 3a6u5d 1988 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/working-girl/ letterboxd-watch-830366973 Sun, 9 Mar 2025 07:18:10 +1300 2025-03-08 No Working Girl 1988 4.0 3525 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday March 8, 2025.

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The Phantom of the Opera l406q 1925 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/the-phantom-of-the-opera/ letterboxd-review-829530286 Sat, 8 Mar 2025 10:47:17 +1300 2025-03-07 No The Phantom of the Opera 1925 3.5 964 <![CDATA[

the phantom’s lil underground apartment is kinda nice though?? i would expect anywhere 5 cellars below an old opera house to be more… damp

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The Killers x2z3u 1946 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/the-killers/ letterboxd-review-828621482 Fri, 7 Mar 2025 10:09:35 +1300 2025-03-06 No The Killers 1946 3.0 14638 <![CDATA[

i wish the majority of the film was as tight as the first bit in the diner

highlights are all the 5 minutes Ava was onscreen, then maybe some of the Burt Lancaster boxing scenes too

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Steel Magnolias 3r4u5a 1989 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/steel-magnolias/ letterboxd-review-827802350 Thu, 6 Mar 2025 10:35:35 +1300 2025-03-05 No Steel Magnolias 1989 4.0 10860 <![CDATA[

why did they name Shirley MacLaine’s character after that Buddy Holly band though

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Tokyo Story 5q3t31 1953 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/tokyo-story/ letterboxd-review-826930825 Fri, 7 Mar 2025 10:16:37 +1300 2025-03-04 No Tokyo Story 1953 5.0 18148 <![CDATA[

beautifully made yet sad film, nothing else to add truly 5 stars mwah

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Toxic Town 1d1i48 2025 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/toxic-town/ letterboxd-review-826802530 Fri, 7 Mar 2025 10:13:38 +1300 2025-03-04 No Toxic Town 2025 4.0 232342 <![CDATA[

mr bates villain arc i fear

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Mississippi Burning rlx 1988 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/mississippi-burning/ letterboxd-review-825016492 Mon, 3 Mar 2025 10:10:11 +1300 2025-03-02 No Mississippi Burning 1988 3.5 1632 <![CDATA[

can’t hear willem defoe saying “mr anderson” without thinking of the matrix each time

highlight was gene handling a racist prick by his balls, underrated fbi power move of 1964

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My Fair Lady 3x16z 1964 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/my-fair-lady/ letterboxd-watch-820912750 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 01:03:12 +1300 2025-02-25 Yes My Fair Lady 1964 3.0 11113 <![CDATA[

Watched on Tuesday February 25, 2025.

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My Neighbor Totoro 5a532d 1988 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/my-neighbor-totoro/ letterboxd-review-819559447 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 10:19:42 +1300 2025-02-24 Yes My Neighbor Totoro 1988 4.5 8392 <![CDATA[

catbus > any bus in real life

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A Night to ed50 1958 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/a-night-to-/ letterboxd-review-817434449 Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:16:51 +1300 2025-02-22 No A Night to 1958 5.0 10971 <![CDATA[

more realistic and less sensationalist than the 1997 one everyone and their dog has seen

much preferred this one i think though and its showing a wider variety of people - also the occasional cutting back to the Californian really underpins how close they were to saving so many more lives in 1912, likewise the feeling of terror aboard 

james cameron really did the “can i copy your homework” meme with this film didn’t he

P.S. WHY on the door of the steward’s sleeping quarters did they write in chalk “the glory hole” on the door?!?! please someone tell me that meant something else then than it does nowadays

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Mission 71384a Impossible, 1996 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/mission-impossible/ letterboxd-review-812832403 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:19:18 +1300 2025-02-17 No Mission: Impossible 1996 4.5 954 <![CDATA[

the way he made using a search engine seem more impossible than the actual mission

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WarGames 6t6f67 1983 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/wargames/ letterboxd-review-811794258 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:07:02 +1300 2025-02-16 No WarGames 1983 3.5 860 <![CDATA[

the most intense game of naughts and crosses ever

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of Endearment 2s3n1w 1983 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/-of-endearment/ letterboxd-review-810498630 Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:47:40 +1300 2025-02-15 No of Endearment 1983 5.0 11050 <![CDATA[

flap has so many red flags, especially being named FLAP

like, what is that even short for?

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Arsenic and Old Lace 4v456d 1944 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/arsenic-and-old-lace/ letterboxd-watch-806871376 Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:46:34 +1300 2025-02-11 No Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 4.0 212 <![CDATA[

Watched on Tuesday February 11, 2025.

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How Green Was My Valley 5i3q6e 1941 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/how-green-was-my-valley/ letterboxd-review-802822077 Sat, 8 Feb 2025 10:31:04 +1300 2025-02-07 No How Green Was My Valley 1941 4.0 43266 <![CDATA[

he got bullied in school and in the mines?? oh i heavy couldn’t be fucked w that 

double feature suggestion: the end of the world (1937) for a similar slightly episodic retrospective of films showing a bygone age

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The Project 1oo22 2002 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/the-project-2002/ letterboxd-review-801954105 Fri, 7 Feb 2025 10:15:03 +1300 2025-02-06 No The Project 2002 3.5 357676 <![CDATA[

watching the entire thing with the assumption matthew macfadyen’s character later moved to the US and becomes tom wambsgans


second half is set in 1997 but doesn’t include diana’s death as a major plot point??? 1 star off

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Mermaids 1j5r2l 1990 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/mermaids/ letterboxd-watch-801097356 Thu, 6 Feb 2025 10:12:38 +1300 2025-02-05 Yes Mermaids 1990 4.0 4587 <![CDATA[

Watched on Wednesday February 5, 2025.

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 6rj2p 1939 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/mr-smith-goes-to-washington/ letterboxd-review-798079649 Mon, 3 Feb 2025 08:42:54 +1300 2025-02-02 No Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 4.0 3083 <![CDATA[

rip mr smith you would’ve loved cspan and HATED the current political climate

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Kitty Foyle 3t62q 1940 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/kitty-foyle/ letterboxd-review-797865220 Mon, 3 Feb 2025 05:14:29 +1300 2025-02-02 No Kitty Foyle 1940 3.5 77744 <![CDATA[

why were they going to get the train to Gretna Green to elope but there wasn’t a single british person in sight lmao

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Fame 70136k 1980 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/fame/ letterboxd-review-796939335 Sun, 2 Feb 2025 10:55:46 +1300 2025-02-01 No Fame 1980 5.0 3537 <![CDATA[

was expecting it to fully be an 80s mix of high school musical and glee,  but was so much… more than that?? kinda loved it tbh, especially the ending wrapping it up imperfectly perhaps, but purposefully so


would take a tiny bit off for the homophobic slurs used when mentioning the gay character (not to spoil who) but

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The Western Isles 666pn 1941 https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/the-western-isles/ letterboxd-review-795749391 Sat, 1 Feb 2025 10:11:35 +1300 2025-01-31 No The Western Isles 1941 442691 <![CDATA[

i could’ve watched them make the tweed for the whole 15 minutes tbh, certified bangersss

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Vivacious Lady 645h20 1938 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/vivacious-lady/ letterboxd-review-795746454 Sat, 1 Feb 2025 10:09:32 +1300 2025-01-31 No Vivacious Lady 1938 4.0 33630 <![CDATA[

had to replay the full on fight scene between ginger and her husband’s fiancée, the wwe of their day <3

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Suspicion 255n3e 1941 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bsturrock/film/suspicion/ letterboxd-review-794769470 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:01:59 +1300 2025-01-30 No Suspicion 1941 2.5 11462 <![CDATA[

kinda droll until the third act, maybe we’re spoiled by later Hitch but i never really felt the tension of those in this i was expecting

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