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  • Lilya 4-ever
  • The Tree of Life
  • The Master
  • Uncut Gems

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  • Dumbo

    ★★★

  • Spin Me Round

    ★★½

  • I Saw the Light

    ★★★

  • Blue Jeans

    ★★½

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  • The Rite of Spring

    The Rite of Spring

    ★★★

    It doesn't matter how much you care; a transactional arrangement is always going to feel more hollow than just showing up without money involved, because you want to be there ... The things she did in her personal life when she wasn't being paid weren't as explicit, but they were more intimate, precisely *because* she wasn't being paid...

    A friend sent this to me because he wanted to know my thoughts on it... I can see why; it was a…

  • Come As You Are

    Come As You Are

    ★★★

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

    I really, really, fervently wish that they hadn't wasted the first half of this film on 'Disabled Comedy Hijinks' ... ("Hey guys; the blind guy is driving the van. Isn't that hilarious?!" - No. No it isn't. That shit was stale in "See No Evil, Hear No Evil", back in 1989 ... Do better!).

    Sex is a serious subject (especially for somebody in my position, although I have had limited experience) ... but you see a lot of sex in…

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  • Dumbo

    Dumbo

    ★★★

    This time, it's not as believable that Dumbo is thought 'ugly', because of his big ears (says the fella who has big ears, himself!)

    Seriously though... as far as I recall, it's established fairly quickly in the original animated version that even the other animals think him 'unusual', but they love him anyway, because of his nature... Here, none of the animals can talk, so because we're not given any indication of their feelings either way, the audience are left…

  • Spin Me Round

    Spin Me Round

    ★★½

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

    Once again - as with "The Little Hours" - Jeff Baena comes up with an idea that seems much more exciting in theory than it winds up being, in practice.

    I was mildly impressed that I thought I heard Madonna's "Erotica" being played in the background at the orgy, though.

    ... and if you're planning upon establishing some kind of weird sex cult, then getting Aubrey Plaza to act as a recruiter is probably a solid strategy!

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  • Lady Bird

    Lady Bird

    ★★★★

    Sometimes, the people who smother you, and the people that encourage you to spread your wings, are doing it for the same reason - because they care.

    It's the people who abandon you, that you're better off without.

  • Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator

    Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator

    ★★★★★

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

    I can't believe that one woman at the end, who STILL, without a shred of shame, asserts that Yoga is more important than ensuring that the victims achieve justice ...

    Wow. The obtuseness of some people never ceases to amaze me ...