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Jared Bouland
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Lover of the arts. Follow for the best and worst takes on movies! https://boxd.it/2gfqf
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A ★★★★ review of Eloise at Christmastime (2003)
There is something so entertaining about watching a lil rascal terrorize and scheme an entire hotel. Also, nice to see what has to have inspired the Suite Life of Zack & Cody. The Hallmark formula is ...
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December 14, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Might be another 7 years til we get the next one….
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7 years ago today, ‘INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE’ released in theaters.
December 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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A ★★★½ review of Eternity (2025)
A pleasant surprise! A rather charming and funny watch. I thought this high-concept story would be flimsy based on the trailers, and it is not perfect, but it worked for me. I really felt like I was w...
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December 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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A ★★★★ review of The Secret Agent (2025)
The style of this movie was so refreshing. A rather slow movie, but I think it is needed to give you time to understand what this movie really is. Between I'm Still Here and this movie, I am intrigued...
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December 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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A ★ review of Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025)
Expectations were low for this movie, and even that low bar wasn't cleared. I have never played the games myself, but I understand the premise of them. This movie is narratively trapped as it attempts...
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December 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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MARTY SUPREME CHRISTMAS DAY
December 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Movies for this week 12/5/25:

Planning to see:
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
The Secret Agent
Eternity

Interested:
Kill Bill
Fackham Hall

12/12/25
Rosemead
Ella McCay
The Shinng
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Dust Bunny

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December 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Convinced people who can’t figure out how to navigate a parking deck were also unable to color inside the lines in their youth
December 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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A ★★★ review of Wicked: For Good (2025)
Similar to the first movie, the pace and tone jump all over the place. For how much runtime these two movies take up, there is a lack of efficiency in the storytelling. Sonically, not much here outsid...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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A ★★★ review of Zootopia 2 (2025)
I thought this was fine. I wasn't expecting much, and I don't feel like I got much. Jared’s Top Movies - 2025
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December 1, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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A ★★★★½ review of Hamnet (2025)
An emotionally devastating watch. Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal turn in outstanding performances. I was also really impressed by Jacobi Jupe and Noah Jupe. I cannot pretend to know much about Shakesp...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Movies for this week 11/28/25:

Planning to see:
Hamnet
Zootopia 2
Wicked: For Good

Interested:
Eternity
Predator: Badlands
AMC Screen Unseen
Sisu: Road to Revenge

12/5/25
The Secret Agent
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2

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November 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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A ★★★ review of Frankenstein (2025)
Enjoyed this, but not sure this reached the moral complexity I was expecting with a Frankenstein story. I can't help but think of the conversations we had in high school language arts about nature ver...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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A ★★★ review of Rebuilding (2025)
Josh O'Connor Fall is in full swing! A quiet and simple story that I think is handled really well. The humanity of these characters is felt through every moment, both big and small. I also appreciated...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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A ★★★★½ review of Rental Family (2025)
Emotionally complex and challenging without compromising on comedy or how important a simple connection is. Brendan Fraser is outstanding, and I am always happy to see him on the big screen. This is m...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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A ★★ review of The Running Man (2025)
Another Stephen King dystopian adaptation that never fully explains itself. I found the messaging of this movie to be over the top and elementary. It felt like I was never trusted as an audience membe...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Movies for this week 11/21/25:

Planning to see:
The Running Man
Rental Family
Rebuilding

Interested:
Wicked: For Good
Regretting You
Sisu: Road to Revenge
Predator: Badlands

11/28/25:
Hamnet
Zootopia 2
Eternity

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November 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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A ★★★½ review of Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025)
Not many franchises nail it on the third try but the Now You See Me trilogy has refined and figured out all of the best parts of its world. There is an flavor reminiscent of MCU movies in the one note...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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A ★★ review of Now You See Me 2 (2016)
Just doesn’t have the juice that the first one had. Also a little disappointed in the lack of magic here. Felt like there were more action/fight scenes than magic tricks.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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A ★½ review of Keeper (2025)
A slow-burn horror that accidentally snuffs itself out somewhere along the way. The opening before the title card was both an intriguing sequence as well as an obvious foreshadowing that cut through a...
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November 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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A ★★★½ review of Now You See Me (2013)
Honestly, a lot of fun, even if some moments feel rather convenient. Seeing Morgan Freeman as a conspiracy documentarian is amusing. The twist at the end was a pleasant surprise in a movie chock-full ...
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November 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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A ★★★★½ review of No Country for Old Men (2007)
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November 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Movies for this week 11/14/25:

Planning to see:
Keeper
The Running Man
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t

Interested:
AMC Screen Unseen
Regretting You
Predator: Badlands
Black Phone 2

11/21/25:
Rental Family
Wicked: For Good
Rebuilding
Sisu: Road to Revenge

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November 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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A ★★ review of Christy (2025)
A rather uninteresting telling of an incredible and not very well-known story. The best fighting this movie has to offer is the wigs fighting to stay in place. (They were actually pretty solid, arguab...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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A ★★★ review of Nuremberg (2025)
This feels like an oversimplification of the events of Nuremberg due to its constantly quippy dialogue and unexpected relationships. This movie does move along at a good pace, but bogs itself down wit...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:17 AM