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Gladiator 2000
There is a very poignant quote in this film, that “what we do in life echoes in eternity”
And this film certainly will.
It’s a quote that was featured during my Grandad’s funeral, and shockingly, I had never seen this film until now.
In many ways I’m happy about that, my understanding of film has come a long way in the last several years, and it also meant that I could give the sequel a fair chance when I saw…
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Gladiator II 2024
I can’t help but feel that everything in this film feels a little half-baked. It has everything it needs to be a truly great sequel, but it just doesn’t feel like Ridley Scott’s heart was really in it.
Gladiator II is a film that introduces you to a cast of characters already 3/4 of the way through their character arcs, lacking the emotional context behind why they act the way they do. It feels like the third movie in a…
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Jim Henson Idea Man 2024
It’s hard to put all my feelings into words surrounding this documentary, which feels somewhat in line with the looming sense of time slipping away.
Jim Henson is very much painted as a man with so much more to give the world before his sudden death; there’s an odd sense of foreshadowing in his own experimental filmmaking that this documentary utilised to good effect. There’s so much more that could have been said, as there is so much more Jim…
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Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour 2023
Honest to god think I blacked out in my recliner seat. I had my snacks, my drink and pure comfort. I ascended, I don’t think I’ll ever experience something as magical ever again….
…except maybe at Wembley next year 🤪🤪
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