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  Boiling Point 2021

  ★★★★★ Watched 29 Mar 2022

  *No joking around, suffered heavy levels of PTSD watching this from having worked in hospitality (restaurants specifically).

  So creatively and immersively captures the chaos of service. The cast are all stunning and the whole film feels utterly real. If Boiling Point had been shot conventionally, I think I'd still be giving this at least 4/5, but the complete claustrophobia created by the single take is glorious. No gimmicks, no sneaky cuts. Definitely some clever decision making in terms of framing…

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  Her 2013

  ★★★★½ Watched 28 Mar 2022

  You know sometimes, I think I've felt everything I'm ever going to feel. And from here on out I'm not going to feel anything new. Just lesser versions of what I've already felt.

  I don't know what to say about this film. Maybe it felt too close and raw to what is no doubt an inevitable and not too distant future. It seems the end message is that human relationships will always triumph over our bonds with technology, but the…

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  The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) 2017

  ★★★★½ Watched 28 Sep 2020

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  A hot water bottle of a film; I wasn't ready for how good this would be. Sandler's tache, limp, and frail piano/singing is delightful. Stiller is a marble stone in a suit and spiky hair, but powerful and heartfelt. Marvel is a revelation and pillar in the dynamic of everything. Hoffman is a penguin who's been let out of the zoo and…

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  American Psycho 2000

  ★★★½ Watched 24 Sep 2020 2

  Patrick Bateman: What's your daily skincare routine?

  Me: Oh you know, the usual, shower gel, maybe some moisturiser if I remember. You?

  Patrick Bateman: I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower, I use a water activated gel cleanser. Then a honey almond body scrub. And on the face, an exfoliating gel scrub. Then apply an herb mint facial mask, which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use…