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  Longlegs 2024

  ★★★ Watched 19 Jan 2025

  I dunno 🤷🏻 Creepy and weird in some ways, jam packed with tropes and cliches, not that mysterious, pretty predictable, but I still kind of liked watching it. It’s no Se7en or Gone Baby Gone.

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  Joker: Folie à Deux 2024

  ½ Watched 15 Jan 2025

  I watched this on a plane so three of my friends would never have to. For all of the things this is trying to do…well what a fascinatingly boring and bloated film it turned out to be. The idea of making this sequel a musical and totally pivoting from the first film could have been mad and bold and brilliant. But this is far from brilliant. It turns out I really don’t like classic show tunes - at all -…

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  Barbie 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 01 Aug 2023

  Loved the monologues. Love that two interesting filmmakers got to use such a big gross brand as a platform to say some interesting things. Was silly and fun and subversive, looked amazing at times and had some really good performances, but also it felt a bit messy and too long. And ultimately it couldn’t get away from feeling like an advert at times, even when it was totally skewering Barbie and the complications of everything she represents.

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  Anatomy of a Fall 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Apr 2024

  Loved it. I was completely engrossed and had no idea where it was going. It was methodically slow without ever being boring. It felt cold and detached at times (like an Anatomy I guess?!) but didn’t feel any less human for it. I thought it did really well to show the complexities, warmth, inconsistencies and ugliness of the relationships - and I totally believed all the characters. And maybe the best bit of dog acting I can think of. Give…

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