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Pinned reviews

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  TÁR 2022

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 03 Oct 2022

  Blanchett has as much control of her instrument as the virtuosos performing in the orchestra, with an immediacy and rhythmic flow to her performance that manifests both physically and emotionally.

  
  my review over @ A. V. Club

Recent reviews

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  A Good Person 2023

  Watched 14 Mar 2023

  all over the place; a mismatch of tones. One part of it is a serious drama about overcoming grief and forging a path forward in the aftermath of a tragedy. The other part is a comedy of manners about the hijinks that can arise when people of different generations try to live together. Neither part works. The drama is a cluster of scenes with bad dialogue and platitudes instead of actual pathos. The comedy comes in when it’s uncalled for, breaking whatever genuine emotion the actors worked hard to craft. Sometimes all of this happens within the same scene, causing whiplash.... review @ AV Club: www.avclub.com/a-good-person-movie-review-1850248130

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  Air 2023

  Watched 22 Mar 2023

  If this movie about corporate marketing becomes a “crowd pleaser” as people at sxsw claimed then we are really fucked

Popular reviews

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  Mapplethorpe 2018

  ★ Watched 23 Apr 2018 1

  This is the type of biopic where real historical people introduce themselves by stating their full name the first time they appear.

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  Skin 2018

  ½ Watched 25 Apr 2019 3

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

  you know a movie is misguided when it tugs at hearts to mourn a slain dog, yet unceremoniously, brutally and anonymously kills off 3 brown migrants