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Recent reviews

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  Howl's Moving Castle 2004

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 25 Sep 2023 9

  90

  Scattered with a few of the greatest pastures in the cinema. Such overwhelming beauty. Cried basically nonstop during the final act, which is just as narratively nonsensical as its reputation, but it nonetheless carries the burden of a heavy heart with grace and whimsy.

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  Elemental 2023

  ★★★ Watched 21 Sep 2023 8

  53
  
  A typical outing from Pixar. Plenty of conceptual and allegorical world-building, air-tight (and rigid to a fault) narrative structure, and dazzled all up with a lovely animation style. You know the game at this point. This is cute and fun and charming, although certainly nowhere near the heights of Pixar's 2000s period.

Popular reviews

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  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019

  ★ Watched 19 Dec 2019 307

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

  15

  Disney/Lucasfilm Headquarters. Int. Day.

  Rian Johnson: Oh, hey, JJ!

  JJ Abrams: Hi Rian, how's it going?

  RJ: Great! I just wanted to say that really enjoyed my time making The Last Jedi. It was so exciting to craft a personal film with Disney money. And everyone at Lucasfilm approved it right away because Episode 7 left me with a bunch of mystery-box ideas and set-up that wasn't going to lead anywhere. Who directed that one again?

  JJ: Me. I…

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  American Psycho 2000

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 09 Aug 2014 22

  Christian Bale deserved an Oscar.

  So quotable.

  So funny.

  So twisted.

  So delirious.

  So amazing.

  Sorry this review is so short, I have to return some videotapes.