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Recent reviews

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  X-Men: Apocalypse 2016

  ★★★★ Watched 28 May 2016 3

  I didn't read any reviews for this film before watching it but I was familiar with the overall sentiment of reviewers, which can perhaps be best summarized as "meh". However as a big fan of both First Class and Days of Future Past I decided to see Apocalypse anyway, and I am glad I did because I really enjoyed it. So, knowing what I do about the review scores I tried to figure out why this has a worse score…

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  The Spectacular Now 2013

  ★★½ Watched 21 May 2016

  There were a lot of things to like about The Spectacular Now but for reasons I don't fully understand I feel like it missed the mark with me. I'm not sure if it's a good story worked on by inferior talent or vice-versa but I never felt fully invested. It touched on some really great themes and emotions but I wasn't quite able to connect.

Popular reviews

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  Drag Me to Hell 2009

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Oct 2012 1

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

  Part of the 31 Days of Horror

  Not the kitty. Not the kitty. Not the kitty. Not the kitty. Not the kitty. Not the kitty. Not the kitty. Not the kitty. Not the kitty. Not the kitty. Not the kitty. Not the kitty. Not the kitty. Not the kitty. Not the kitty. Not the kitty. Not the kitty. Not the kitty. Not the kitty. Not the kitty.

  Fuck.

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  Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986

  ★★★★ Rewatched 25 Feb 2013

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

  Unwarranted Epilogue:

  Cameron was evicted by his father immediately upon seeing the irreversible damage done to his prized Ferrari. The two have not spoken nor seen each other in almost fifteen years.

  Jeanie married the boy she met at the police station. She works sixty hour weeks in an attempt to fuel her husband's insatiable drug habit.

  Ferris and Sloane were married as soon as she finished high school. After three children and seven loveless years of marriage, the two…