Always the pro, never the patron.
There's no rhyme or reason to my rating system.
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12 Angry Men 1997
It's kind of creatively redundant, but equally I'd be pretty interested to see one of these thrown out every other decade to see what a new collection of actors could do with it.
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The Conversation 1974
The way the camera is used here and ESPECIALLY those final shots, even down to the credits is real masterful shit.
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Poor Things 2023
And who said we don't get sex comedies anymore?
What a riot. Got to see this in a fully packed festival screening a few months before general release, but will 100% be returning in the new year when it comes back officially.
There was a point where during Poor Things, I was worried, it veered towards the tropes of born sexy yesterday and it had me concerned.
Then I realised that it was part of the main thesis behind Poor…
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Challengers 2024
Came out of Challengers feeling like pure electricity. What a treat.
A film of this like would live and die by it's performances and our trio of Zendaya, O'Connor and Faist are perfection, playing (in more ways than one 😉) off each other so well. O'Connor in particular has got a real charming sleaze about him.
I'm a sucker for sports series that incorporate the relationship itself into that sport, so this was a slam dunk for me on that front.
Reznor and Ross's score may well be MVP however as I can't imagine Challengers without it. Heart-pounding, blood pumping unf.
5/5 yeahs
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