Watched Ghostbusters II (1989) by an author from letterboxd.com
Five years after they defeated Gozer, the Ghostbusters are out of business. When Dana begins to have ghost problems again, the boys come out of retirement to aid her and hopefully save New York City from a new paranormal threat.

Janosz is by far the best thing in this, closely followed by almost any scene with Oscar.

★★★½

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Watched The Wrong Trousers (1993) by an author from letterboxd.com
Gromit finds himself being pushed out of his room and home by a new lodger who is actually a ruthless criminal (and a small penguin). The penguin is planning a robbery and needs to use Wallace and his mechanical remote controlled trousers to pull off the raid. However, Gromit is wise to the penguin and comes to the rescue.

First class

★★★★★

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Watched Audition (1999) by an author from letterboxd.com
Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training.

No wonder everyone in Japan is lonely

★★★½

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I don’t think ANYONE should feel bad about questionning Kate’s absence from the public eye. Her life is completely manipulated to benefit the Royal Family. We, the public, didn’t force or require that. The Palace has (or Palaces have) completely mishandled this.

Watched Spider-Man 3 (2007) by an author from letterboxd.com
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.

Has BDH even aged?

★★

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Watched Spider-Man 2 (2004) by an author from letterboxd.com
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood.

I’ve always thought this was a good superhero movie and after 30+ MCU movies I think it compares very favourably! Molina’s Doc Ock is absolute comic book villain perfection, right down to the bowl cut.

Is it weird, though, that the thing that stood out most to me was Kirsten Dunst’s “wet t-shirt” scene? Seems absolutely outrageous by recent standards!

★★★½

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Watched Barbarian (2022) by an author from letterboxd.com
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway, but soon discovers that there is much more to be afraid of in the house than the other house guest.

It’s like an arty indie wrapped round a legit horror film. Dig it.

★★★★

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