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  Marching Powder 2025

  ★½ Watched 12 Mar 2025 1

  It was a toss up between ‘Mickey 17’ and ‘Marching Powder’ tonight. I opted for the more easy going, presumably fun watch in ‘Marching Powder’ - yeah, not my finest hour.

  I’ll keep this one short and sweet, much like the punchlines (or there lack of) in this movie. I don’t know man, this film felt very ‘straight to DVD’ sort of vibes. And coming from someone who loves a good Scott Adkins film, there’s nothing wrong with that. But…

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  A Real Pain 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 24 Feb 2025

  I’d have thought you were crazy had you said to me after watching ‘Adventureland’ for the first time that old James Brennan would one day write, direct and star in what is most certainly a contender for the film of the year.

  But he did and boy I’m all for it. Jesse Eisenberg once again masters the art of the awkward yet intellectual straight man, contrasting perfectly to the eccentricity of Kieran Culkin who turns in the most entertaining performance…

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  Oppenheimer 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 21 Jul 2023 1

  After the train wreck which was Tenet, Christopher Nolan had a tough task ahead of him in winning me back over with ‘Oppenheimer’. The sheer amount of hype around this film built me up to not be disappointed...

  Cillian Murphy provides an excellent and compelling performance in one of the strongest showings of the year so far, alongside a great ensemble which included some brilliant cameos sprinkled throughout.

  The editing was incredible, switching up its pace where necessary. Scintillating audio…

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  Argylle 2024

  ★★ Watched 02 Feb 2024

  Ah man, to say I’m disappointed would be an understatement to say the least.

  Great ideas, but poor execution I’m afraid. A storyline that starts off well becomes extremely convoluted throughout, dragging on for an act or two too long. This film could have been done and wrapped up in just over 90 mins, but somehow eclipses 2 hours - not sure how, but there you go.

  One plus was the cast, and had it not been for the always…

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