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  BlackBerry 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 05 Dec 2023

  Watched the limited series cut, but I'm counting it as a movie. Funnier and more electric than I'd imagined. When you need a character to absolutely lose their goddamned mind, you call Glenn Howerton.

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  The Kid Detective 2020

  ★★★★ Watched 02 Dec 2023

  The perfect movie for millennials with unfulfilled potential who wanted to be Encyclopedia Brown. So I'm the bullseye of the target audience.

Popular reviews

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  No Time to Die 2021

  ★★★★ Watched 09 Oct 2021 1

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

  I've been chewing on this movie for a couple days, trying to process. Daniel Craig was not my first Bond, but he's "my" Bond. This one is the Avengers Endgame of Bond films.

  Scattered Thoughts:
  I wish this one continued the alphabetical titling of Craig's other movies
  Dug that giallo-esque opening
  The pre-titles sequence was so long I thought they were saving the song/credits for the end of the movie
  Liked the opening titles, especially the gun double helix
  Ana…

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  Star Trek: The Motion Picture 1979

  ★★★★ Watched 07 May 2023

  Director's Cut. I don't normally cotton to revisionist special effects and the like, but this movie looks incredible. And sounds fantastic-- that score! Funny to think it was greenlit to ride the Star Wars wave, but owes a lot more of its tone and aesthetic to 2001. Expansive, cerebral, and yes, slow, but magnificently cinematic. Pure, unapologetic sci-fi with a huge budget and massive canvas.

  I love how this movie-- sorry, I mean motion picture-- is about solving problems through…

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