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  Intolerable Cruelty 2003

  ★★★★½ Watched 20 Jan 2021 20

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

  The Coen Brothers hate you.

  Well, maybe not you, but they definitely hate your taste in movies. Billed as a Romcom, The Coen Brothers manage to undermine every possible trope, dispelling the idea of true love and making you despise their two leads.

  While this movie is considered by many to be "lesser Coen brothers," it has a lot in common with another film also given that label, The Hudsucker Proxy. Both movies are impossible to fully unlock without understanding…

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  Cats 2019

  ★ Rewatched 03 Dec 2020 22

  I was feeling shitty this morning so I rewatched Cats.

  More like I was feeling numb. Like I felt like if I watched anything that I loved, it wouldn't have the same emotional effect.

  If you are someone who hasn't seen this movie because of how horrible the reviews are, I beg you to reconsider. This might be the most unique experience you can have with any film. I can't describe the feeling of disgust and wonder that this film…

Recent reviews

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  Au Hasard Balthazar 1966

  ★★★★½ Watched 12 Nov 2023

  Rethinking my choice to go with a new car over a donkey and cart…

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  Brute Force 1947

  ★★★★ Watched 09 Nov 2023 1

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

  Dassin's filmmaking is so stylish. With plenty of criticism of the prison industrial complex sprinkled throughout, Dassin paints a portrait of 6 desperate men and their attempts to start a prison riot in the name of freedom. He has a lot of care for the prisoners, and paints the guards as the brutes, who abuse their power.

  Burt Lancaster is such a powerful actor. While I found him quite stiff at first, his charisma is channeled through his eyes in…

Popular reviews

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  The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Oct 2020 17

  You may see it as a story of teenagers being dismembered by a chain saw killer but I see it as a like minded family trying to give their ailing grandfather one last shot to do the thing he loves best ❤️

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  The Queen's Gambit 2020

  ★★★★½ Watched 07 Nov 2020 65

  If Anya Taylor-Joy and Harry Melling had children, their kids’ eyes would be the right distance apart.