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A reporter for Semafor who is often on airplanes, where they shove movies in his face.

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Emilia Pérez 2024

★★ Watched 25 Jan 2025

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Journeys with George 2002

★★★ Watched 19 Jan 2025 2

"If I vote for you, what do I get?"
"How about a kiss on the cheek?"
The world of Pelosi's first documentary was barely recognizable when she released it. "Journeys with George" was released well after 9/11, when the media seen here -- the well-funded, narrative-shaping conglomeration of national newspapers and TV channels -- was covering Bush as a soldier of destiny. I remember a minor liberal backlash to the movie, and to Pelosi, whose mother became House Democratic leader…

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Licorice Pizza 2021

★★★★★ Watched 14 Dec 2021 5

Best depiction of the transition between "I can do anything, I have my whole life ahead of me!" and "I've wasted my life, I can't do anything!" - ie, being 15 and being 25 - that I've ever seen. I keep trying to write more but I gush and sound ridiculous, because it's all so goddamn good.
Gone with the Wind 1939

★★★★ Watched 13 May 2018 1

An extremely long PSA for responsible horse ridership.

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