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Movie Journal

The Secret Agent (2025)
★★★ ½

Mar 14, 2026
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Felt like a biography accurately and beautifully put to screen, but that's basically what lost my interest. The inclusion of so many side characters who actually mean something to the plot and to us, emotionally, was top notch. This rating is a tough one, because I can feel that it was mostly executed at a 4.5... but a large part of me wished it had been an hour shorter.

F1 (2025)
★★★★

Mar 14, 2026
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Typical sports comeback arc that still had me gripped. Beautifully made, and written just enough so that someone who’s wholly unfamiliar with Formula One (me) can get excited but not bogged down.

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025)
★★★★

Mar 11, 2026
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Less than 5 minutes in and they show us she has legs. What a ripoff.
I saw someone describe this as Uncut Gems for mothers and hoooo-boy was that accurate.

Perfect Blue (1997)
★★★★ ½

Mar 08, 2026
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Creepily realistic… and going into this completely blind made the mind fuck that much wilder.

100 METERS (2025)
★★★★

Mar 05, 2026
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Beautiful animation and some genuine philosophy all packed into 10 seconds.

Marc Maron: Panicked (2025)
★★★ ½

Mar 01, 2026
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Watched on Sunday March 1, 2026.

Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life (2025)
★★★

Mar 01, 2026
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Watched on Sunday March 1, 2026.

Miracle: The Boys of '80 (2026)
★★★★

Feb 28, 2026
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Really nice job weaving the human stories of now into the sport story of 46 years ago

Taylor Tomlinson: Prodigal Daughter (2026)

½

Feb 24, 2026
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Watched on Tuesday February 24, 2026.

Back to the Future Part III (1990)

½

Feb 22, 2026
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