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  The Covenant 2023

  Watched 18 Apr 2023 5

  A rehash of the Chuck Norris Missing in Action franchise for the Afghanistan War. The most chilling detail in this ludicrously macho slog is its view of marriage as little more than a business partnership. I think it's officially time to put Guy Ritchie on the "pay no mind" list. If it weren't for last year's AmbuLAnce, I'd be saying the same thing about Jake.

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  Showing Up 2022

  Watched 24 Apr 2023

  Michelle Williams really challenging my belief that nobody looks good in Crocs.

Popular reviews

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  The Loveless 1981

  ★★★★ Watched 13 Jul 2017 9

  Is Willem Dafoe hot? A case study.

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  Detroit 2017

  ★★ Watched 29 Jul 2017 13

  I'm from Detroit. I've lived in and around the city for the majority of my life. This movie has nothing to say about this city, the uprising of '67 or, most damningly, what it's like to be black in America. Detroit (the movie) is the cinematic equivalent of Ramsay Bolton from Game of Thrones; it luxuriates interminably in the depths of human depravity without ever arriving at a meaningful conclusion. Maybe the hopelessness I felt watching Detroit was intentional. It…