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  The Parallax View 1974

  

  Baby_Swiss ★★★★

  Pretty terrific paranoid conspiracy investigation jam, with a great Warren Beatty in the central role. Script is a little wobbly for me, but honestly Pakula's formal control and style more…

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  RRR 2022

  

  Raul Marques ★★★★½

  As exciting as movies can be. Filled to the brim with memorable moments and images, which oddly feel like a novelty for any blockbuster spectacle at this point. There's a…

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  Notorious 1946

  

  Mike D'Angelo ★★★★½

  81/100

  Second viewing, last seen way back in 1992. Seem to vaguely recall being thrown then by Grant's uncharacteristic iciness, perhaps even to the point of thinking him miscast; this…

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  Before Sunset 2004

  

  Mike D'Angelo ★★★★ 1

  79/100

  Third viewing, last seen just prior to its original theatrical release. Didn't review it at the time, either professionally or on my site; a lot of movies slipped through…

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  The Celebration 1998

  

  Mike D'Angelo ★★★★½

  84/100

  Vinterberg's subsequent career has been so meh-minus that I actively feared returning to this and discovering that it's actually mediocre. No worries. I'll be writing a lengthy essay for…

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  Homicide 1991

  

  josh lewis ★★★★ 1

  "wouldn't you like to know how to solve the problem of evil?"
  "no, cause then i'd be out of a job."

  mamet takes what could've been the premise for a…

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  Breakdown 1997

  

  Mike D'Angelo ★★★★ 6

  78/100

  [Currently revisiting some favorite 1997 U.S. releases that I hadn't seen since around that time, in preparation for an A.V. Club "It was 20 years ago today" retrospective. For…

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  Elvis 2022

  

  Tyler ★★★★½ 1

  "hmm that colonel guy kinda just looks like Tom Hanks in prosthetics"
  - me every couple seconds 

  Aside from this, I loved it