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  Oppenheimer 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 27 Jul 2023 3

  One of the first things I noticed in Oppenheimer was what appeared to be the same formal technique employed in Memento with the color and black and white scenes representing two different timelines. While Nolan certainly plays with time in this film, the use of color versus black and white is used instead to differentiate two subjective points of view. The first, labeled as 1. Fission is in full color, representing J. Robert Oppenheimer's complex, nuanced, and ever evolving perspective.…

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  The Banshees of Inisherin 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 19 Jan 2023

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

  After failing to find any enjoyment in Three Billboards, and having mixed feelings toward Seven Psychopaths, I was doubtful that I would enjoy Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this, as McDonagh seems to strike more of a balance in tone between the absurd, comical, and deeply profound. The film revolves around a rift caused between two lifelong friends, Colm and Pádraic, when Colm decides one day that he no longer…

Recent reviews

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  Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 01 Sep 2023

  I wasn't prepared for this many people to be sucker punched in one movie.

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  Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 29 Aug 2023

  Tom Cruise delivers the goods as usual, but it doesn't quite reach the heights of Fallout, the series' best so far. Kirby and Ferguson continue to deliver standout performances, while Klementieff's character seems quite underwritten. Dead Reckoning also has a lot of redundant obvious dialogue that grew a bit tiresome towards the end. Still, films like these highlight the difference that practical effects and top-tier stuntwork makes in terms of delivering a thrilling, high-stakes moviegoing experience.

Popular reviews

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  Newness 2017

  ★★★ Watched 20 Jan 2018 1

  You can't have a movie about millenials without a scene including avocados on toast...

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  Green Room 2015

  ★★★★½ Watched 02 May 2016 1

  Green Room is Saulnier's transition from primary colours to secondary colours.

  This time he experiments with a palette of natural and artificial greens, reflecting the true and artificial nature of the characters portrayed in the film. A common thread between this and Blue Ruin is how Saulnier exposes his characters. At first, they seem to have a tough exterior, but traumatic events in the film reveal their true and vulnerable selves.

  The Ain't Rights are no exception, a punk band…