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  Godzilla vs. Kong 2021

  ★★ Watched by David Blaylock 01 Apr 2021

  The only good thing about Godzilla vs. Kong being my first new release back in theaters after months of pandemic quarantine is that I'm spared the self-doubt that would have come from wondering if my complete disinterest in this was due to having seen this "spectacle" on a TV screen.

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  Happily 2021

  ★★★ Watched by David Blaylock 21 Mar 2021

  There's at least an 83% chance that the degree to which I enjoyed this was all from the heavy use of somewhat obscure songs from '80s film soundtracks that I played on loop as a kid.

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  The Revenant 2015

  ★★★ Watched by David Blaylock 21 Dec 2015

  The film looks so good you almost forget that it isn't.

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  Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood 2019

  ★★★★½ Rewatched by David Blaylock 26 Jul 2019 2

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

  Building off of my initial thoughts, part of what makes this work so well is the sense of dread that lingers in your mind whenever it pivots to the Manson family members or Sharon Tate: the expectation/fear that Tarantino’s instinct to embrace cartoonish violence when the film inevitably gets to the attack will be too much to bear. Making Tate such a cosmically likable character means that any chance of seeing her torture presented like that of Beatrix Kiddo or…