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Rough Night 2017

★★½ Rewatched by Trudie 11 Jan 2018 6

Do I only ever watch bad female ensemble movies like is that my job??

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Obi-Wan Kenobi 2022

★★★ Watched by Trudie 22 Jun 2022

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

Ended strongly, which this needed. Has its shining moments, but considering the material to launch off of (the tradegy of losing a brother, a failing mentor, etc) this, like other Disney+ franchise shows, felt flat. A lot of meandering, uninvolved A to B filler to rush us to an end point with a few bullet pointed 'moments' that justify the series. Doesn't feel particularly tuned into the television format, and ultimately has little lasting impact or point other than to…
Lightyear 2022

★★★ Watched by Trudie 17 Jun 2022

Perfectly serviceable. It felt a bit 'go go go' for long stretches of time which kind of tired me out, but when it slowed down I found the characters surprisingly likable and the animation is of course beautiful. Sweet message about effort and intentions counting for a lot

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Bride Wars 2009

★★ Rewatched by Trudie 12 Jul 2017

Amazing how much of this could have been avoided by them just marrying each other
Summer of 84 2018

★½ Watched by Trudie 20 Sep 2018 14

I lose followers every time I make these types of complaints but I don't need fragility in my life so here we go: I'm tired of the same 'group of teenage boys solve a mystery' story. Almost every review of Summer of 84 comments on how it rides the nostalgia-porn wave that the likes of Stranger Things brought on and that's correct. Every archetype, trope etc. is there.
But this weirded me out more than usual with multiple conversations about…