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  • The Magnificent Seven

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    I thought this was pretty good. I liked the cast – Chris Pratt is as likeable as ever – and it felt like a solid western, with good action. Beautiful widescreen vistas too to take in.

  • Sing Street

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    I watched this last night on Netflix, and it’s absolutely one of my fave movies of the year. Set in 80s Dublin, it’s sorta a basic boy-loves-girl-creates-a-band-to-impress-her kinda thing, but so well done, and the soundtrack throughout – both the known songs and the ones that were written for the movie’s band to perform –…

  • Jason Bourne

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    I’m a huge Bond fan, but I do quite like the Bourne movies too, and so was pretty excited to see this latest one, especially since it sees the return of Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass (as director). It did take me a while to get into it, and I was really weirded out by…

  • Aim for the Ace!

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    You may remember that a few weeks ago I shared a really great primer on 80s anime. Since I’ve been enjoying dipping back into some of those old series, I decided to go one step further and try following that complete primer, going through everything that is recommended. Since it sticks to movies and OVAs,…

  • The Castle of Cagliostro

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    Continuing with my 80s anime run, last night I watched the Lupin the Third movie The Castle of Calgiostro. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, I’ve seen this movie countless times (and my wife even more), but it had been a while since the last time I watched it, and so it made for a fun revisit…

  • The Red Turtle

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    Last night I watched The Red Turtle, and I really don’t think there’s any other movie I saw this year that I enjoyed more. A mesmerizing and touching tale told with no dialogue, beautifully animated. I can’t recommend it enough, and it really makes me happy that Studio Ghibli believed in a project like this…

  • Miss Hokusai

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    It was a pretty great movie watching weekend for me, as I also watched the fantastic Miss Hokusai. I’d been meaning to watch it for quite a while, and I don’t quite know why it took me so long. Beautifully animated, it revolves around the daughter of uber famous Japanese artist Hokusai — she was…

  • Man vs. Snake

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    I love watching documentaries about gaming (well, I love watching documentaries, period) and was happy to find this one on Netflix. It focuses on an old arcade game called Nibbler that I had never heard about. Like the King of Kong documentary, it’s all about high-scores (although the feat here is closer to a marathon,…

  • Now You See Me 2

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    As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, to my surprise, I ended up kinda liking the first Now You See Me movie. I’ve now watched the sequel as well, and although I didn’t like it as much as the first one – I feel like it misses out on the big performances, that were…

  • Now You See Me

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    Up until yesterday, I had no interest in watching this movie, but my wife ended up watching it and then suggested I do the same, and so I did. Turns out this was way more fun to watch than I was expecting. Admittedly, I had barely paid any attention to it when it originally came…