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  • Dune
  • Mean Girls
  • The Butler
  • Argylle

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  • Jerry & Marge Go Large

    ★★★½

  • Darby O'Gill and the Little People

    ★★★★

  • The Ramen Girl

    ★★★★½

  • The Back-Up Plan

    ★★★½

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  • The Holdovers

    The Holdovers

    ★★★½

    Representing 2023 among Films Nominated for Best Picture

    A fun film, and Paul Giamatti is always a plus. But Best Picture material? I say "NO!"

  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★★★½

    Part of my Double Feature Challenge (3)

    I prepared for my viewing of director Denis Villeneuve's new film by rewatching his Dune: Part One on Netflix, and I am glad I did. I had forgotten a lot of the detail, and there were many aspects of the characters and their relationships that I had missed on a single viewing. In particular, I needed to refresh my memory of how the film concluded so that I would be able to watch…

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  • Mulholland Drive

    Mulholland Drive

    ★★★★½

    No hay banda! It's all a tape. Il n'est pas de orquestra. It is... an illusion! ~ Bondar at Club Silencio

    This magnificent movie will mess with your mind. Over a five-hour period on Saturday night, I watched this film carefully, read up about it on the Internet, and watched it again with frequent pauses and rewinds. I know I liked it. I think I get it. But one never knows for sure with David Lynch.

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  • Drive

    Drive

    ★★½

    Sorry, but I really don't get why so many people love this movie. Almost all the communication is conveyed through subtext and "meaningful" looks. Some of the cast and crew have stated that what's important "isn't what's said, but what isn't said." It was like watching a silent movie, and not in a good way.

    Yes, the opening chase scene is probably among the best I have ever seen after Bullitt. If the movie stopped right there, as the crowd…