charlie groll.

Movie Journal

Apollo 13 (1995)
★★★★

Nov 28, 2025
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Started yesterday and finished today for T.Hanksgiving

Eternity (2025)
★★★ ½

Nov 26, 2025
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Pro tip: not an easy watch during a breakup.

Wicked: For Good (2025)
★★★★

Nov 21, 2025
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It’s telling that I liked this more than the first one and really enjoyed the “feels like home” song that wasn’t in the show. Apparently, this is a spicy 🌶️ take and a lot of fans of the show heavily disagree with me lol
Still some awkward CGI and the colors still could’ve popped more, but the drama and matching camera work led to a real plot instead of full exposition. I get that was the point of the first act, but I guess that just means they should’ve made it into a single movie.

Wicked (2024)
★★★ ½

Nov 20, 2025
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Prep for part 2 tomorrow

American Splendor (2003)
★★★ ½

Nov 17, 2025
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Look, before you get to this review, you should know that I had a vasectomy.
The pseudo-documentary took a bit, but it eventually grew on me. Paul Giamatti really nailed it, and so did the filmmakers.

Smoking Tigers (2023)
★★★★

Nov 17, 2025
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We can’t afford to make mistakes like others.
This one really made me feel like a teenager again, and the photography is close, intimate, and moody in a great way.

The Hunt for Red October (1990)
★★★★

Nov 16, 2025
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That camera move to switch from Russian to English was much appreciated and pretty dang smooth.

Come See Me in the Good Light (2025)
★★★★★

Nov 14, 2025
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name it love.

V for Vendetta (2005)
★★★★

Nov 05, 2025
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Convincing me to watch the Count of Monte Cristo

Bugonia (2025)
★★★★ ½

Nov 02, 2025
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Really love me some absurdist satire with a clear message. The clarity of meaning was the same feeling I got when I watched Eraserhead, where I was similarly happy to sit back, wonder where that idea came from, but still enjoy basking in the feeling of collective understanding. Probably my favorite way to experience Art.