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  Clean 2004

  ★★★★ Watched by Nick 25 Jun 2022

  A stark and jagged look at addiction and reinvention. Nick Nolte, exuding gentleness. Unvarnished in its candor.

  Maggie and Olivier 💘 Oh, and Mazzy Fucking Star!

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  Taipei Story 1985

  ★★★★★ Watched by Nick 24 Jun 2022

  The past as a constant, unwelcome reminder of what once was. Encroaching modernity as an unstoppable, yet quiet force. Flawless perfection. Obsessed with the way this one looks. Might be my favorite Yang that I’ve seen, which is saying something.

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  Antlers 2021

  ★★ Watched by Nick 28 Oct 2021 7

  Here’s the pitch: it’s a monster movie, but the monster is inherited trauma. Or maybe the monster is the meth epidemic in the Pacific Northwest.

  No? What if the whole thing was an environmental parable? Or what if the monster somehow had its origins in indigenous folklore? Or what if…

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  The Butterfly Effect 2004

  ★½ Watched by Nick 08 Jun 2021 4

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

  Dude I’m sorry, but Ashton Kutcher’s acting when he wakes up in a new reality only to realize that he has no arms or legs is still one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in a movie.