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The Phoenician Scheme 1r2y3h 2025 - ★★★★½

Mon, 9 Jun 2025 09:17:55 +1200

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Anderson’s best since THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL.

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Bring Her Back 4ai2z 2025 - ★★★★

Mon, 9 Jun 2025 08:51:05 +1200

A savage indictment on DIY culture.

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Uncle Buck 724b3h 1989 - ★★½

Sun, 8 Jun 2025 15:48:11 +1200

Watched on Saturday June 7, 2025.

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Body Double 585j3o 1984 - ★★★★

Sun, 8 Jun 2025 13:20:07 +1200

Watched on Saturday June 7, 2025.

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The Addiction d5z5u 1995 - ★★★

Sun, 8 Jun 2025 08:47:43 +1200

Watched on Saturday June 7, 2025.

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eXistenZ 603t2l 1999 - ★★★½

Sun, 8 Jun 2025 06:54:25 +1200

It occasionally feels like a watered down VIDEODROME for the video game crowd, but there’s still plenty of Cronenberg’s offbeat style to keep it engaging. I imagine this isn’t too far off from what his take on TOTAL RECALL might have been.

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Pee 451q6h wee as Himself, 2025 - ★★★★

Sat, 7 Jun 2025 13:23:59 +1200

Watched on Friday June 6, 2025.

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 1qsd 2013 - ★★★½

Sun, 1 Jun 2025 12:11:13 +1200

Watched on Saturday May 31, 2025.

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Pet Sematary II b6545 1992 - ★★

Sun, 1 Jun 2025 08:15:47 +1200

At least Clancy Brown is having a good time…

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Karate Kid 6n491a Legends, 2025 - ★½

Sat, 31 May 2025 15:30:33 +1200

No movie has ever wanted to end faster than KARATE KID: LEGENDS. It just feels like they called it a day and didn’t bother to flesh anything out. It’s fine when it’s strictly about new characters, it’s just that when Macchio and Chan team up, it just abandons any attempt at telling a story and rushes to the finale. Even if “Cobra Kai” didn’t exist, this would still be embarrassing.

Also, the mere suggestion that Macchio could be a match for Chan is laughable at best.

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Funny Games 171e2g 1997 - ★★★★½

Fri, 30 May 2025 11:59:02 +1200

One of the most antagonistic, mean-spirited movies I’ve ever seen. Which is to say Michael Haneke pulls no punches and goes for the jugular, forcing the audience to dwell on the violence offscreen (denying such “pleasures”) and the helplessness of the victims onscreen. One of the few movies that uses the fourth wall breaks for evil. FUNNY GAMES is quite successful at pulling off what it set out to do.

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The Righteous 2m4k9 2021 - ★★★½

Fri, 30 May 2025 09:12:57 +1200

Watched on Thursday May 29, 2025.

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The Rule of Jenny Pen dq6w 2024 - ★★★½

Thu, 29 May 2025 13:38:53 +1200

Watched on Wednesday May 28, 2025.

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Mission 71384a Impossible – The Final Reckoning, 2025 - ★★★

Mon, 26 May 2025 16:45:46 +1200

It has two spectacular set pieces and a whole lot of heart, but MI: THE FINAL RECKONING is exhausting and overstuffed. Every weakness in DEAD RECKONING is exacerbated here, although most everyone is given less to do this time around. Hayley Atwell’s addition in the previous one felt fresh but here it just felt like she’s still around because Rebecca Ferguson wanted out. The extensive infodump in the beginning really keeps the movie from getting started. The Entity feels even more abstract this time around without ever feeling present, and whatever coolness Esai Morales brought to the human villain last time is virtually absent here.
Having said all that, the submarine sequence and the finale keep the movie from feeling like a waste. It really feels like they’ve taken this series as far as it could go, though.

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Talk to Me 4c485 2022 - ★★★★

Mon, 26 May 2025 07:42:08 +1200

Watched on Sunday May 25, 2025.

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Weird Science 6l3z5o 1985 - ★★

Sun, 25 May 2025 15:55:10 +1200

Watched on Saturday May 24, 2025.

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Oh 6f6v6q Canada, 2024 - ★★★★

Sun, 25 May 2025 11:54:05 +1200

Watched on Saturday May 24, 2025.

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From Beyond 414e3k 1986 - ★★★½

Sun, 25 May 2025 07:50:21 +1200

Watched on Saturday May 24, 2025.

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The Verdict 63p1e 1982 - ★★★★½

Sat, 24 May 2025 16:59:35 +1200

Watched on Friday May 23, 2025.

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Tommy 4u235x 1975 - ★★★

Sat, 24 May 2025 13:20:19 +1200

Watched on Friday May 23, 2025.

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Friendship 6xc3c 2024 - ★★★★

Sat, 24 May 2025 09:12:53 +1200

It’s like if I LOVE YOU, MAN turned into THE CABLE GUY, but filtered through “I Think You Should Leave,” but not as simple as that sounds. Tim Robinson has a very distinct comedy style that would be offputting coming from most people, but he’s able to seem vulnerable and sad while being deranged that’s almost endearing. Paul Rudd puts his screen image to good use, just a fun guy who’s maybe not as fun as he thinks he is. It goes to some dark places but keeps one foot in reality so as to not completely derail into insanity. Funniest movie I’ve seen in a long while.

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Fri, 23 May 2025 12:02:55 +1200

Watched on Thursday May 22, 2025.

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The Ugly Stepsister 2b134n 2025 - ★★★★

Thu, 22 May 2025 12:28:43 +1200

Watched on Wednesday May 21, 2025.

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Mission 71384a Impossible – Dead Reckoning, 2023 - ★★★★

Tue, 20 May 2025 08:12:46 +1200

It feels like every big moment is “best scene ever!” while the rest of the movie is just jogging to catch up. It has so many highs and yet it just borders on TOO MUCH. I feel like the filmmakers don’t have a clear view on what they want the Entity to be. I’m all for a movie like this, one so entrenched in practical stunt work, being so anti-A.I. but also it just feels too abstract for the movie.
But everything in between, the big moments, are aces all the way. Just a slight step back narratively from the last few entries, but the action remains top notch. I also feel like *that* decision knocks the film down a peg or two.

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Mission 71384a Impossible – Fallout, 2018 - ★★★★★

Mon, 19 May 2025 15:59:00 +1200

An all-timer. The labyrinthine plotting, the escalating action and set pieces, just the whole thing… it’s such an intense ride.

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Mission 71384a Impossible – Rogue Nation, 2015 - ★★★★½

Mon, 19 May 2025 12:32:07 +1200

Ilsa Faust 😍

Christopher McQuarrie is just about the best thing to happen to Tom Cruise. There’s non-MI Cruise movies I wish he directed.

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Mission 71384a Impossible – Ghost Protocol, 2011 - ★★★★½

Mon, 19 May 2025 10:52:27 +1200

Going all in on the team aspect is the best thing this movie brought to the franchise, more so than M:I-III, which can only go so far before becoming the Tom Cruise show again. Not here. The most underrated thing this movie introduces to the series is fallibility, where things constantly go wrong and our characters must improvise. It keeps the movie lively and engaging. Brad Bird was an inspired choice for director. The Burj Khalifa sequence is possibly the best sequence in the series, or at least Top Five.

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Mission 71384a Impossible III, 2006 - ★★★

Mon, 19 May 2025 10:47:27 +1200

This is like 2/3 a great movie, but Abrams’ quirks get in the way, and they’re more obvious now after the Star Wars and Treks movies continued down the same path. Philip Seymour Hoffman is something fierce in this, but on rewatch, it’s clear he’s making a meal out of scraps. It’s also kind of insufferable how much this movie refuses to tell you what the Rabbit’s Foot is. Like, of course, the MacGuffin doesn’t matter, except this movie is constantly referencing it, so it just feels like a giant black hole in the movie, and an early indication of how much a pain J.J.’s mystery box approach would become.

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Mission 71384a Impossible II, 2000 - ★★

Mon, 19 May 2025 10:41:07 +1200

Man, I try… but I just can’t get into this one. The attempts to course correct for the perceived flaws of the first one just date this one so badly. Probably the worst villain? Dougray Scott is so underwhelming, and the best part about this movie is he didn’t get to play Wolverine.

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Mission 71384a Impossible, 1996 - ★★★★

Mon, 19 May 2025 10:37:32 +1200

It’s wild to think that this was considered hard to follow in 1996.

DePalma directs the hell out of this thing. I’d be curious to see what would’ve happened had he returned for the sequel.

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Clown in a Cornfield v2sy 2025 - ★★★

Sat, 17 May 2025 10:06:05 +1200

A little bit half-baked, but engaging enough to be watchable.

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Fight or Flight 1hk28 2024 - ★★½

Sat, 17 May 2025 07:48:13 +1200

Josh Hartnett is so much better than this movie deserves. Just too try-hard for its own good.

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Foul Play 1i1w3y 1978 - ★★★

Fri, 16 May 2025 15:23:20 +1200

Watched on Thursday May 15, 2025.

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Final Destination Bloodlines 503o73 2025 - ★★★½

Fri, 16 May 2025 11:50:32 +1200

A fresh take on the franchise. Plays well with expectations and includes a rather novel expansion on Death’s design, even if I would’ve liked to have seen that explored more. Solid set pieces that walk the line of being almost too-CGI glossy but still effective.

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Glorious 1g5z3r 2022 - ★★★

Wed, 14 May 2025 13:18:00 +1200

Watched on Tuesday May 13, 2025.

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Scare Me 575s4z 2020 - ★★★½

Mon, 12 May 2025 09:37:15 +1200

Watched on Sunday May 11, 2025.

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A Dark Song 1yo 2016 - ★★★★

Mon, 12 May 2025 06:17:57 +1200

Watched on Sunday May 11, 2025.

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The Devil's Candy 661l3d 2015 - ★★★½

Mon, 12 May 2025 02:56:20 +1200

Watched on Sunday May 11, 2025.

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The House That Jack Built fd2h 2018 - ★★★½

Sun, 11 May 2025 16:59:44 +1200