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  Batman & Robin 1997

  ★½ Rewatched by Jake Harris 24 Jul 2021

  It’s bad but it’s camp and I wish more superhero fare these days didn’t take itself so seriously, and not in a meta, self-winking, ironic way, but more in a “Do you know what killed the dinosaurs? The Ice Age!” kind of way.

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  Loki 2021

  ★★½ Watched by Jake Harris 24 Jul 2021

  Oh look, another Marvel Disney+ show that is more invested in setting up future installments than in actually telling a thought-out, self-contained story. 

  That being said, out of this, TFATWS and WandaVision, I had the most fun with this one, but man. These season/series finales are killing me.

Popular reviews

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  Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain 2021

  ★★ Watched by Jake Harris 22 Jul 2021

  Seems oddly, perversely obsessed with "solving" his death instead of celebrating his life.

  
  More here: bookandfilmglobe.com/film/why-did-anthony-bourdain-die/

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  Wonder Woman 1984 2020

  ★ Watched by Jake Harris 27 Dec 2020

  Likes:
  -this starts out with a bunch of “hey! Remember how cool the ‘80s were?! Remember the ‘80s?” callbacks and set designs, only to condemn that whole decade as the apex of modern American excess and greed by the end
  -Hans Zimmer GOAT
  -the set design was pretty cool
  -into Kristen Wiig and Pedro Pascal’s performances even though they felt like they came from another movie
  -“well, shit, Diana!”
  -at least I didn’t “pay” for it

  Dislikes:
  -that ‘80s message…