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  28 Weeks Later 2007

  ★½ Watched 11 Jul 2020 1

  I was warned in advance that this movie doesn't live up to its classic predecessor, Danny Boyle's "28 Days Later" (2002). Online sources told me not to expect the game-changer quality of the original but that this film was entertaining in itself and actually delivered its fair share of scares.

  Even with my lowered expectations, I was disappointed. This movie makes no sense. The whole plot relies on totally flat characters making totally inexplicable decisions. As Angela put it, it's…

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  10 Things I Hate About You 1999

  ★★★½ Rewatched 07 Jul 2020 1

  This is one of the movies that I've watched most in my life. After its release in 1999 (I was in Grade 6), my sister and I must have rented it about 1000 times. And then with the advent of the DVD a few years later, this was one of the first titles we purchased. That being said, I haven't seen it in years so that chance to see it on the big screen was one I couldn't pass up.…

Popular reviews

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  The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014

  ★★★★★ Watched 03 Jul 2020

  Until last night, I was certain I'd seen this movie before. Of course I had - I love Wes Anderson. It was exactly the type of movie I would have made a point to watch. So, when the chance came to see it again on the big screen (thanks to Christchurch's incredible Alice Cinema), I jumped at the chance. But as soon as I bought my tickets, I realised just how vague my memory of the movie really was. It…

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  If Beale Street Could Talk 2018

  ★★★★★ Watched 06 Jun 2020

  Though this movie has been on my radar for a while now, I decided to finally watch it in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder. This film, based on James Baldwin’s novel, is being shared widely on social media as one that is particularly enlightening on issues of race and black identity in America. In an attempt to educate myself through the media I consume, I took this opportunity to learn by watching a movie that I’d already heard so…