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  The Menu 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 05 Mar 2023

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

  The film starts out with a fascinating premise of a bunch of privileged strangers coming to an island, where they're expecting to take part in an exclusive culinary experience served by on of the worlds prime chefs and his crew at Hawthorne's. However as the evening unfolds some courses turn out to be quite dangerously surprising and not everybody is who they said they are...
  It is an interesting story with a few twists and turns and stellar acting, but…

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  Jurassic World Dominion 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 15 Jan 2023

  The third instalment of the new trilogy seems to gather a lot of criticism. I don't really see why. I think it's precisely what you would expect having seen the previous five movies. Don’t get me wrong: All the sequels after the original film run into the stupidity spiral. Which means that with each new film, the setups get more ridiculous because everybody seems to ignore what had happened before. I'd say starting with Jurassic Park III logic was out…

Popular reviews

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  Three 2010

  ★★★★½ Watched 04 Jan 2014

  A movie about a couple in a well-aged relationship that seems to work but starts to crumble when first Hanna who is a scientist and later Simon who produces art installations independently of one another meet and fall in love with another man.
  The movie deals with the insecurities of modern life, modern relationships, love and sex in a very non-stereotypical and uncompromising way. I cannot recall watching another romantic comedy with such depth during the last 10 years. Great art by Tykwer.

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  Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2017

  ★★★★ Watched 18 Dec 2017

  short review, more in-depth one coming soon...

  There is something about this movie (greater than it being Star Wars) that connects deeply with me. Maybe it's about the next generation taking over while the former generation is fading and mostly getting out of the way while trying to assure a transition of some sort. Maybe it's the idea of aging characters you love doing what they can do best for one last time, while new characters are trying to find…