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That Christmas – ★★★½

That Christmas movie poster

Would’ve been 4 stars but could’ve done without that incredibly legitimately effing traumatic last plot twist near the end there. Had no idea this was a Richard Curtis screenplay until the credits and the pretty darn solid story and writing make a whole lot more sense now compared to when I thought it was just some random Netflix junk.

Looking forward to watching this again with the kiddos next year.

Rating: 4 stars

Crossposted on Letterboxd

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Wicked – ★★★★

Wicked

Saw this with my daughters and nine other 12 year old girls. They loved it but personally was only about 4/5ths as good as the Broadway version. Erivo and Grande were fantastic. Defying Gravity was weakened a little by all the movie that was happening during that song. Still great!

Rating: 4 stars

Crossposted on Letterboxd

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Interstellar is in 70mm IMAX this weekend

I wish I had know this earlier. If I wanted to go see it in 70mm IMAX here in Dallas at 2:20 in the morning Monday I’d have to sit first 2 rows towards the edge. Every other showing including 8am showings is down to accessible seats only or completely sold out.

Screenshot of Fandango ticket page for Interstellar IMAX with all the good seats gone.

kottke.org: Reminder: Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is playing at IMAX screens around the country this weekend.

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The Wild Robot – ★★★★½

The Wild Robot movie poster

But what it if I don’t want my runt baby goose to grow up and fly away?

I for one am here for this trend of animated movies that just look flat out remarkable. Beautiful, painterly style that also included segments where they’re telling bedtime stories and it somehow LOOKS EVEN BETTER. Just lovely.

Rating: 4.5 stars

Crossposted on Letterboxd