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Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Amazing. The film is set at an Australian finishing school for young girls at the turn of the 20th century. In a school containing the most colonial decorations I have ever seen, the group of girls are sent out to have a picnic at hanging rock; a large geological formation that is a cart-ride away.
At the picnic, 4 of the party go missing. And we spend the rest of the film following the investigations from various people as to…
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The Woman in Black 2012
Total dog shit. Not good.
Daniel Radcliffe plays a laywer / accountant (someone who needs to look through someone's papers, which in hindsight he does a terrible job of) probably in the late 20th century who is called to visit a house somewhere to deal with something layer / accountant related. The house is haunted. Completely predictable, telegraphed, cliché jump scares with a terrible plot ensues. (i) The ghost presence is so shallow and 1 dimensional. (ii) Every jump scare…
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All of Us Strangers 2023
I would rate this higher but I’m not gonna put myself through that again ffs. I ain’t watching that again. That shit wrung me out. Really think we could have done without the final “post scene with parents at restaurant” Paul Mescal chapter.
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Past Lives 2023
Entrancing.
The film follows Nora and Hae Sung through three periods of their lives, around the ages of 12, 24 and 36 (is that right? Damn. Hope I look that good at 36). When they are childhood sweethearts, when they rekindle virtually (shout outs to Facebook), and when they meet in person when Nora is married in New York.
The dialogue throughout the film is sparse, often muted. The film instead is so loud in its body language and chemistry,…
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