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January at the Movies
January 31, 2025
The 2024 Catchup
January 14, 2025
recent films from letterboxd
- The Karate Kid, 1984 - ★★★½Watched on Saturday June 14, 2025.
- Thelma & Louise, 1991 - ★★★★½Watched on Tuesday June 10, 2025.
- Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, 2025 - ★★★★A fitting coda to this decade spanning franchise (assuming they really end it here). The copious flashbacks definitely showed just how much Tom Cruise has aged over the course of the 8 films. That in and of itself is a fascinating analogy for the toll this life has taken on Ethan Hunt. The return of […]
- Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary, 2024 - ★★★★It’s hard to separate my love for this microgenre from my affection for this film, though I guess that’s really unimportant. Toto, Doobie Brothers - absolute staples of my childhood along with a number of Yacht Rock adjacent acts that are mentioned in passing. And always fascinating is the breadth of impact that Toto had […]
- The Last Waltz, 1978 - ★★★★½Absolutely masterful concert documentary, one of the best of its kind. When I first heard that Scorsese had directed this film a few years back, I was so curious about it. I put it on my 2025 Watchlist to finally encourage myself to watch it, and I'm so glad that I did. The show footage […]
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