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  Amarcord 1973

  ★★★½ Watched by Robert Barat 19 Sep 2022

  It was me. I was the one playing The Internationale from the bell tower

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  Fire Island 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched by Robert Barat 17 Jun 2022

  Far better than it has any need to be. It's hilarious, has great politics, and only minimal plot contrivences that haunt the genre.

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  Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2021

  ★★★★ Watched by Robert Barat 18 Sep 2021

  3.75 stars; a great blend of wuxia and western action movie conventions, ultimately let down by having to be shoehorned into the Marvel movie formula (an overlong 3rd act, an over-reliance on CGI – albeit less so than in other MCU films, etc.)
  Overall I really enjoyed it, but I expect the series to go downhill as its ending sets up the sequels to have to shoehorn in even more deus ex machina-laden superhero conventions for the purposes of MCU cross-promotion.

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  Murder on the Orient Express 1974

  ★★★★ Watched by Robert Barat 31 Jul 2021

  A tour de force of costuming, set design, and over the top yet not overly campy acting. I was captivated for the whole duration despite already knowing the ending