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Recent reviews

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  Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars 1988

  ★★★★½ Watched 27 Sep 2023

  Really puts the opera in space opera.

  This is what Star Wars should be doing instead of puerile nostalgia porn for manchildren suffering from arrested development.

  Free on youtube.

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  Ukraine on Fire 2016

  Watched 25 Sep 2023 10

  It's so fascinating to follow the dialectics of how the western establishment treats this documentary.

  It was made in 2016, while Ukraine was attacking Russian forces and instigating further conflict. But we did not hear much about those Russian victims at the time, certainly not to the extent that we hear about Ukraine being the victim. Putin didn't ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange, didn't meet with BlackRock to discuss privatization efforts, and he didn't even have…

Popular reviews

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  The Godfather 1972

  ★★★★★ Added 116

  I don't trust anyone who dislikes this movie.

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  Forrest Gump 1994

  ½ Added 58

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

  Move over, Triumph of the Will. We've got a fresh new load of propaganda!

  For a movie that acts almost like a travelogue for how awesome America is, don't you think it's odd that the story centers around your average American - some random, low-intelligence nobody?

  The theme of this movie is simple: Do as you're told.

  That's all Forrest does in the whole movie, and he ends up a famous millionaire entrepreneur war hero athlete and pop culture icon.…