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Reviews

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  Funny Games 1997

  

  Daniel Tune ★★★★

  I went in to this fully expecting to hate it, based on my knowledge of everything Haneke has said about his intentions in making it, and even more so based…

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  Trick 'r Treat 2007

  

  Ben Lane ★★★★★

  This is it.

  This is the movie I've been waiting for since John Carpenter's Halloween . A movie so wonderful and so rewatchable and so atmospheric that it must become…

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  Hocus Pocus 2 2022

  

  M-- S ★★

  Watched the original too late to form any sentimental attachments and found it to be a huge slog. This one is much more light on its feet. Nothing spectacular but…

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  The Batman 2022

  

  Mark Gosney ★★★★

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

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  Licorice Pizza 2021

  

  shenaniglenn ★★★½

  Why yes, I WILL watch your cast of idiosyncratic weirdos go on a string of loosely connected escapades, thank you. Great sound. I think we need more pathetic 20-something characters…

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  The French Dispatch 2021

  

  Justin Doolittle ★★★★ 1

  Anthologies make for a difficult emotional latch but unsurprisingly on a second pass I found this to be richer and even more meticulously detailed than I gave it credit for.…

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  Paradise Lost 2: Revelations 2000

  

  J.S. Lewis ★★★★½

  This is as much about sifting through the explosive aftermath of the first Paradise Lost film as it is a continued examination of the heinous child murders and catching up…

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  Watchmen 2019

  

  hugo ★★★★★

  In a genre that’s become stale, safe and trite with characters that lack anything resembling humanity or depth, Watchmen comes in less like a breath of fresh air and more…