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  PlayTime 1967

  ★★★★½ Watched 22 Mar 2025

  Silliness raised to high art! It took me a while to tune into the first section. It was amusing enough with some light mocking of modernity with the world full of grey tones, gadgets and glass panels. That second big set-piece at the night club though! Pure comic genius - I could watch it for hours. It was a perpetual motion machine with one gag after another and such a depth of detail and characters (including plenty I missed I'm…

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  Flow 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 22 Mar 2025

  Stunning animation full of closely observed behaviour, sweeping shots and swooning music. Somehow wasn't entirely moved but still captivated and entertained.

Popular reviews

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  Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 2024

  ★★★ Watched 24 May 2024

  Yeah the world building is cool and all but where's the hook? Fritters away a promising start to showcase overextended action sequences with low stakes. Chris Hemsworth as Dementus is dastardly but too comic to terrify and sadly there's not enough focus on developing Furiosa as a character even though Anya Taylor-Joy does a great job with what she's given.

  I'd rather watch KGF 1 and 2.

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  The Wild Robot 2024

  ★★½ Watched 20 Oct 2024

  A bit paint-by-numbers, rushing through the story in a frenzy of action and relying on the loud score to deliver unearned emotional highs. The inevitable comparison with Wall-E only highlights how much more slick (not a positive) and adventure oriented big studio animation is now at the cost of charm, proper characters and emotional storytelling (with notable exceptions of course). Pretty baffled by the critical acclaim and rave reviews.

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