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  • Blow Out
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Punch-Drunk Love
  • The Brood

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  • Bloodline

    ★★★

  • Good Neighbours

    ★★★

  • Spree

    ★★★

  • Over Your Dead Body

    ★★★★

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Bloodline
★★★ Liked Watched

This is better than expected. A serial killer slasher that tells two parallel tales of Evan's past and present. Some of the more interesting elements come from the relationship between Evan and his mother. Both Seann William Scott and Dale Dickey are good. It was a little slow towards the end, but I enjoyed the story. It's a bit incomplete in parts, but a pretty good thriller.

Good Neighbours
★★★ Liked Rewatched

Are any of these neighbors good? This movie takes some good twists and turns. There is one obvious twist you can tell from the beginning. I think this is a pretty decent thriller. I appreciate the dark humor. The cast does a pretty good job especially Emily Hampshire. I do wish the ending was better. There are parts of this that are very interesting, but the script slowly takes its time instead of strengthening up the story with a couple more layers.

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Project Hail Mary
★★★★★ Liked Watched

"I get sick on the elevator."
"Perfect, there's no elevator on the ship." 

Let me preface this by stating that the book Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is one of my all time favorite sci-fi books (and I have read a lot of sci-fi). Therefore, I already knew I was going to love the story. As soon as I knew Ryan Gossling was going to be cast as Ryland Grace, I knew he would be good. He matches very…

Raiders of the Lost Ark
★★★★½ Liked Rewatched

A fantastic introduction to one of the greatest cinematic heroes of all time. Steven Spielberg, John Williams, and Harrison Ford just killing it. And what a great Alfred Molina semi movie debut. Karen Allen shines as Marion. I also love John Rhys-Davies as Sallah. 

Famously, Harrison Ford was really sick the day he was to fight the Arab Swordsman, so instead of learning the fight choreography, he suggested the improv of just shooting him, which I think helped to develop…

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