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Watched on Friday May 9, 2025.
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Watched on Friday May 2, 2025.
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Watched on Saturday April 26, 2025.
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Watched on Sunday April 20, 2025.
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Watched on Friday April 18, 2025.
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Watched on Friday April 11, 2025.
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Watched on Friday April 11, 2025.
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Watched on Thursday April 3, 2025.
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Watched on Friday March 28, 2025.
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Watched on Sunday February 23, 2025.
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Watched on Tuesday February 18, 2025.
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Watched on Sunday February 16, 2025.
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Watched on Tuesday February 11, 2025.
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Come for the Jim Carrey, stay for the Jim Carrey.
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Watched on Monday January 20, 2025.
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Really beautiful and moving, and doing it all without a single vocal performance (I believe they used only real sounds from animals) is something to behold.
I can’t help but compare it to The Wild Robot—similar vibes and themes—and that film’s got my heart. But what this film delivered for a fraction of the budget is an amazing achievement.
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Watched on Wednesday January 15, 2025.
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Getting a little musty in here? 🥹
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Watched on Tuesday December 24, 2024.
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Watched on Sunday December 22, 2024.
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Watched on Saturday December 21, 2024.
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Watched on Monday December 2, 2024.
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Rules. Jon M. Chu couldn’t be more confident with this material. There’s nothing left to say about Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande; I knew Erivo was the right casting choice immediately when it was announced, but was pretty bummed about Grande, but yeah both crushed the acting and the singing. Great, GREAT stuff, and those 161 minutes flew by. The next year waiting for Part 2 won’t.
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Wherefore art thou Lin-Manuel?
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Watched on Tuesday November 26, 2024.
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Watched on Friday October 18, 2024.
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Watched on Saturday October 12, 2024.
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Excuse me, the kid that was engaged to be married, who Phil gifted Wrestlemania tickets, who kissed Rita… that kid was MICHAEL SHANNON?!
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What a ride. I found myself wobbling between “I’m getting this” and “this is nonsense.” There’s a barrage of very good actors of our time, but also—hoo boy—many of them are problematic.
Coppola did right in casting Driver, though, because every scene with him sizzles. His commitment to the material, and his innate ability to get ridiculous without losing credibility, really keeps you connected. Same goes for Aubrey Plaza.
FFC had to make this film. It’s obvious this was inside him and he had to get it out. It’s the coda of his career and his life, and I’m glad it exists.
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Oh, Timmy. Not sure what more I could’ve asked for from this. Everyone involved really showed up. I was most concerned that a 2024 take on an 80s movie would lose the vibe, but it all felt right; credit to practical effects and Burton not shying away from being weird. So much fun, and a great start to spooky season.
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Watched on Thursday September 5, 2024.
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Watched with the kids. And I cannot believe they weren’t shook by the library ghost.
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The end credits outtakes absolutely slay every time.
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Watched on Thursday July 25, 2024.
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Watched on Saturday July 20, 2024.
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An extra half-star for a serviceable Terminator 2 reference.
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Five takeaways on this viewing:
1. The amount of world-building accomplished in 92 minutes is absurd. The film moves.
2. Wait, sandworms are on Saturn? What does that have to do with the afterlife?
3. Catherine O’Hara is an insufferable displaced NYC aristocrat in small town who wears only black and white. Moira Rose much?
4. Danny Elfman, ladies and gentlemen.
5. As a kid, I knew that Beetlejuice was the guy who played Bruce Wayne, but I just couldn’t see him in there. Still have the same take. Keaton totally disappears into this character.
It took everything in me to not quote this entire movie so that my kids could enjoy their first viewing. And enjoy it they did.
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Watched on Saturday June 15, 2024.
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Watched on Saturday June 15, 2024.
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Always with the feels. Not peak Pixar, but that’ll do.
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Showed the kids this go round and they ate it up. Though the little one is questioning reality now, but maybe that’s healthy?
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Watched on Monday May 27, 2024.
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Watched on Sunday May 26, 2024.
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Watched on Saturday May 25, 2024.
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Watched on Saturday March 16, 2024.
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Watched on Friday March 15, 2024.
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Watched on Thursday February 29, 2024.
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Watched on Friday February 23, 2024.
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Watched on Saturday February 17, 2024.
]]>For whatever reason, when I was a kid in the 90s I preferred a lot of sequels. I think it's probably because these first films were more serious, and the filmmakers had more fun with the sequels. And that's a big point here, most of these movies' originals are better films. I just prefer the sequel.
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Back to the Future Part II
- Ghostbusters II
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch
- Child's Play 2
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
- Look Who's Talking Too
- The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- Avengers: Endgame
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- The Avengers
- Black Panther
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Iron Man
...plus 22 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>This list will continue to change, especially my top 4 or so. But as of today I'm happy with this list. Obviously 'Cars 2' is the worst and will probably always be.
...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- The Prestige
- Memento
- The Dark Knight
- Inception
- Oppenheimer
- Interstellar
- Batman Begins
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Tenet
- Dunkirk
...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
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- Star Wars
- Return of the Jedi
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones