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  Good Luck to You, Leo Grande 2022

  Added by Alan Sepinwall

  Super charming two-hander. Emma Thompson remains the best.

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  RRR 2022

  ★★★★★ Added by Alan Sepinwall

  Tired: can't they make the whole plain out of the black box?

  Wire: can't they make every movie out of RRR?

  What a joy. It is every movie all jammed into one, beautifully.

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  Top Gun: Maverick 2022

  Watched by Alan Sepinwall 30 May 2022

  Two things can be true: Maverick is the most shameless piece of pandering towards its star in the history of cinema, and it is also an enormously entertaining piece of pandering.

  That said, I came out of it most impressed by the three actors in the three most thankless roles: Jon Hamm as Lame Boss Who Thinks Maverick's Washed, Jennifer Connelly as Generic Love Interest Here To Make You Forget That We Didn’t Invite Kelt McGillis Back & Glen Powell as…

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  Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2017

  ★★★★½ Added by Alan Sepinwall 2

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  If asked to rank my favorite Star Wars movies based on how many incredible things happen in them, this might well be my number 1 over Empire. Rian Johnson just puts together banger (bomber sequence) after banger (the triple-header of the throne fight, Finn vs Phasma, and Holdo vs the flagship) after banger (Luke Skywalker challenging the entire First Order with a laser sword). As a whole film, though, it still feels as if Rian Johnson just wanted to incorporate…