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  28 Days Later 2002

  ★★★★★ Watched 21 Dec 2014 4

  All of this was new in 2002. Saying that this isn't new is like saying that Citizen Kane's cinematography is old.

Recent reviews

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  Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015

  ★★ Watched 31 Jul 2015 8

  By now it's abundantly clear that I'm not in the target audience for Marvel films, which is fine, but I quite enjoyed Guardians and Cap 2, so there was really no reason for the second Avengers film to not offer at least something of value. Sadly, this was just a huge disappointment. Probably more telling was that the people I saw the film with, all of whom loved the previous instalments in this franchise, also left feeling underwhelmed.

  I'm not…

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  Jurassic World 2015

  ★★★ Watched 12 Jul 2015 5

  The movie leans too much on dinosaurs being cool and Chris Pratt being likable and cool, the writing is really lackluster. The plotting of the two kids is some lazy second-hand Spielbergism.

  The CGI looks great when the camera holds still, but the shots are constantly fast-panning during the action, making the screen a blurry mess. Several scenes seem to be there mostly to have stills of Chris Pratt looking good in front of a motorcycle, on a motorcycle, with…

Popular reviews

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  Her 2013

  ★★★★★ Watched 16 Feb 2014 7

  The biggest achievement of Her is that it makes you feel sorry for a guy who has dated Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, Amy Adams, and Scarlett Johansson's voice.

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  Whiplash 2014

  ★★★★★ Watched 03 Feb 2015 11

  Wow.

  Fucking WOW.

  All you have heard about this movie is true. It really is THAT good. Just fucking watch it, already.

  I have only clapped at the end of one movie(which was this year…Boyhood), but now I can say I clapped to two. I couldn’t help myself. The theater couldn’t help itself. Whiplash was that good. I turned to my friend with absolute glee and shouted “THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME”. I was, and still am, completely blow away by…