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2010

★★ Liked Watched 05 Jun 2025

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is a glossy but ultimately underwhelming sequel that tries to recapture the sharp edge of the original, but ends up feeling more like a lecture than a film. Michael Douglas returns as Gordon Gekko, older and supposedly wiser, but the iconic villain-turned-mentor feels strangely neutered this time around. His infamous greed is replaced with speeches about redemption and fatherhood, which, while well-intentioned, just aren’t as compelling.

Shia LaBeouf does a decent job carrying the new…

2001

★★★★ Liked Watched 04 Jun 2025

Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums is one of those films that immediately announces itself as something unique, visually, tonally, and narratively. It’s a storybook brought to life, filled with oddball characters, dry humor, and surprising emotional depth. And while it won’t be for everyone, it’s undeniably one of Anderson’s most defining works.

The film follows the eccentric and emotionally fractured Tenenbaum family, a group of once-gifted children now grown into deeply flawed adults. When their estranged father, Royal (played brilliantly…

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2022

★★★ Liked 1

Few films in recent memory have been as polarizing as Babylon, Damien Chazelle’s three-hour, high-energy odyssey through the hedonistic, anything-goes era of 1920s Hollywood. It’s a film that wears its excess like a badge of honor, reveling in debauchery, ambition, and the sheer madness of the movie industry’s early days. But while Babylon is undeniably bold and technically impressive, its relentless energy and sprawling narrative might not be for everyone.

From the opening scenes—a raucous, drug-fueled party that sets the…

2013

★★★★½ Liked Watched 20 May 2025

Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave is not an easy film to watch, but that’s exactly the point. Based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free Black man kidnapped and sold into slavery in the 1840s, the film pulls no punches in its portrayal of one of the darkest chapters in American history.

Chiwetel Ejiofor leads the cast with quiet intensity and emotional depth, anchoring the film with a performance that feels both restrained and deeply human. Lupita…

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