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1917

I’m usually into war movies, but this one was a bit of a snoozer. It might be the first WWI movie I’ve watched, so maybe that’s it. Or maybe it’s the fact that I can watch the war in Ukraine unfold in real-time and I’m all warred out. My rating: …

dog

I saw this movie yesterday afternoon with the guy who I met last weekend. It was a pretty good movie, though they had most of the funny bits in the trailer. Nevertheless, I liked it. How can you not like a movie that revolves around a dog? Especially when it …

green book

This movie, starring Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen, was quite good. Based on a true story, it told the story of a black concert pianist (Ali) and his driver/security person (Mortensen) who were on a concert tour through the south in the early 1960s. Mortensen, who is of Danish heritage, …

don’t look up

This was a pretty great movie. The critics don’t seem to like it, but it had enough star power for me to give it a shot. I mean with Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep (who is making the age of 72 look fantastic), and more, how can you go …