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  • The Lego Batman Movie

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    I thought this was pretty fun. I definitely laughed a bunch of times, and just like the Lego Movie, it’s neat to see all of these Lego constructs in action — and it’s interesting that instead of doing smooth animation, they again used CG and made it feel more like a stop-motion animated film. I…

  • Life

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    I really didn’t know much about this movie other than it was set in a space station, with astronauts dealing with some sort of dangerous life form, but that was pretty much enough to get me to watch it (and I like Jake Gyllenhaal). Having watched it, I can’t say that it was really that…

  • Kong: Skull Island

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    I have mixed feelings for this film. I went in not caring that much about it — not many expectations, but hoping for a fun adventure movie. I liked that it wasn’t a modern setting (first the 40s, then the 70s), and so things started pretty good, but then I kept getting annoyed by a…

  • Maximum Overdrive

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    I didn’t have great memories about this movie — in fact, I remember thinking it was pretty lousy. Watching it again now, it’s just as ridiculous as I remembered it being, but there was a bit of fun to be had re-watching all of this ridiculousness. Yeardley Smith is pretty entertaining. And the AC/DC soundtrack…

  • Mulholland Drive

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    The second part of my Lynch double bill was Mulholland Drive, a movie I’ve grown to love over the years. I remember not hugely liking it when it first came out. Knowing the story that it was a failed TV pilot that was later reworked and turned into a feature film, I disliked the way…

  • Lost Highway

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    My absolute love of the new Twin Peaks series (I’ve already watched episodes 1-4 three times, and this week’s episode 5 a couple of times) has me appreciating the work of Lynch again, and so the other night I decided to do a double bill of my two favorite Lynch films, Lost Highway and Mulholland…

  • John Wick: Chapter 2

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    Let me start by saying that I loved the first John Wick film to pieces. It was surprising to watch, with an energy level that you just don’t often see in American action movies, and with a creativity in its violence that made it a visceral thrill to watch. So how’s Chapter 2? I was…

  • T2 Trainspotting

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    I was really nervous about watching this, because I was so worried that it could never live up to the original film — which is one of those films that defined the era it came out in, in terms of cultural impact. Did I like it? Yes, I really enjoyed spending time with these characters…