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Reviews

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  The Matrix Resurrections 2021

  

  Alexei Toliopoulos ★★★★

  "Look, I'm Sure You Can Understand Why Our Beloved Parent Company, Warner Brothers, Has Decided To Make A Sequel To The Trilogy."

  Have not stopped thinking about this line since…

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  The Gift 2000

  

  Alexei Toliopoulos ★★★

  One of the most stacked ensembles, but it's direction from Raimi that brings this all together.

  [imprint] #90

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  Sonatine 1993

  

  Alexei Toliopoulos ★★★★½ 2

  Hadn’t seen this since I was a teenager and a cool aunt bought me a Kitano dvd boxset. 

  I appreciate the tone even more now I realise how singularly unique…

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  Magic Mike XXL 2015

  

  Alexei Toliopoulos ★★★★½ 2

  One of the most deliciously joyous films ever made. Pure of heart and spectacle. 

  Would love to see Sandler and the Happy Madison crew do something inspired by this with…

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  Caché 2005

  

  Alexei Toliopoulos ★★★★

  It creeps up in its tenseness and grips you with its intensity built on guilt.

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  The Heartbreak Kid 1972

  

  Alexei Toliopoulos ★★★★½

  Begging Criterion or Indicator or Imprint to restore this and put it on a blu-ray. 

  Truly one of the best comedies I’ve seen.

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  The Card Counter 2021

  

  Jamelle Bouie ★★★★½ 2

  Oh man, I have a lot of thoughts on this one. Suffices to say that Schrader is revisiting many of the same themes as he did in First Reformed, chief…

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  The Card Counter 2021

  

  Patrick Willems ★★★★½ 2

  Hold up…you’re telling me winning at poker WON’T alleviate my guilt about all those war crimes I did???