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  Obi-Wan Kenobi 2022

  ★★½ Watched by YouHadMeAtJell-o 26 Jun 2022 2

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

  "You killed him this time, didn't you? Well, of course, you must have done! You're here after all!"

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  "Obi-Wan??"

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  "Oh, for fuck sake!"

  I just slightly maimed him this time.

  "Two times! Two times you could have killed space Hitler!"

  But-- buuuuut you cannot kill an idea. And if I were to kill Vader, well, someone far worse would most likely end up taking his place, don't you think?

  "... Fuck you, Kenobi."

  
  Ewan McGregor does his best…

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  Good Luck to You, Leo Grande 2022

  ★★★½ Watched by YouHadMeAtJell-o 22 Jun 2022

  Despite not being in the target demographic for this film, once the credits began to roll I joined all of the middle-aged women in whooping and throwing our bras at the screen.

  Charming, tender, and has a lot to say about sex, ageing, conventional beauty standards, and the ethics of sex work. Oh, and Emma Thompson is delightful as always, putting in a really brave performance, while Daryl McCormack is effortlessly charismatic and ethereally handsome.

  It could have perhaps been…

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  Black Swan 2010

  ★★★★★ Rewatched by YouHadMeAtJell-o 28 Mar 2013 7

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  American Beauty 1999

  ★★★★★ Watched by YouHadMeAtJell-o 29 Jan 2013 7

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