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  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    ★★★★

  • The Little Mermaid

    ★★★★

  • Space Jam

    ★★★★

  • Fast X

    ★★★★½

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  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    ★★★★

    “You have to admire their pluck.”


    There’s always room for one more on the floating head of a deceased celestial being. As my friend Joey said, “Together, we make up what we lack.”

    Thematically the only thing that didn’t work for me was it’s mixed messages on the role of family / community (given how the characters go their separate ways when they spent most of its runtime praising the need for mutuality)
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    Watched with Joey

  • The Little Mermaid

    The Little Mermaid

    ★★★★

    Prince Eric did the Holdo Maneuver before it was cool (controversial?)

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  • Minari

    Minari

    ★★★★★

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

    "So you're saying that we can't save each other...but money can?"

    "We can live together when things are good but when things are bad they fall apart?"

    Someone described Minari as a "warm hug" of a movie and in between the first viewing and this one, I saw no reason to break away from the enveloping embrace it offered. Here I wanted to breakdown some particularly spectacular (and heart-wrenching) sequences that stood out.

    1. During the moment where Monica's mother,…

  • One Night in Miami...

    One Night in Miami...

    ★★★★★

    This is just going to be an Aldis Hodge appreciation post. Naturally, there are those who get more of the spotlight in an ensemble cast, but I don’t want Hodge’s contributions to be overshadowed. 

    It takes a special kind of skill to hold such emotion in tension, to be filled with such rage and frustration at injustice and yet remain cool, calm, and collected. When we first see Jim Brown at the beginning is sadly the most free as he…