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Recent reviews

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  Hero 2007

  ★★ Watched 01 Sep 2023

  This suffers from the same problem that besets most films that follow an ensemble TV show. How do you craft a story that still has something meaningful for everyone to do?

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  Happy Flight 2008

  ★★ Watched 28 Aug 2023

  The whole movie feels like an advertisement for ANA. Really only worth watching if you're interested in seeing how modern commercial passenger aviation works.

Popular reviews

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  Gattaca 1997

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 23 May 2019

  The dialogue has a stiltedness that I always find a little distracting. And yet despite that I love everything else about this film so much it doesn't matter.

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  Thermae Romae 2012

  ★★ Rewatched 08 Dec 2015

  I feel it's almost dishonest to give this a rating because I could follow so little of it that might really have been a remarkable film. The concept is cute but other than a few enjoyable scenes of the two eras bumping up against each other, there's precious little else here.

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