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  Notting Hill 1999

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Feb 2025

  So this is probably my most formative romantic comedy. It was on rotation in the house all the time growing up.

  'Notting Hill' is a breezy watch, the stakes are never high and despite Hugh Grant's character Going Through It for most of the runtime the heartbreak is largely stated rather than felt or emoted (excepting the lovely "Ain't No Sunshine" one-take). Grant's William Thacker gets a lot of flack but he's not without balls; he does actually flirt with…

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  Wicked 2024

  ★★½ Watched 25 Jan 2025

  Elphaba's exponentially growing cape will make a dark backdrop for the eventual sequel.

  Worth seeing for the costumery alone, the designers were cooking here.

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  Sorcerer 1977

  ★★★★½ Watched 15 Jan 2024

  The main characters' backstories as a series of unconnected scenes at the start of the movie was disconcerting, even more so because I was a bit stoned. On retrospect I think it was a brave choice to open the movie this way, but have also gained some appreciation for the mid-movie flashback.

  Actually would flashbacks have even worked for these backstories? It's kind of absurd, we have a Palestinian freedom fighter, an embezzling banker, a hitman & the guy from Jaws as a mafioso wheelman for main characters, it's crazy. It's 'A Mad Mad Mad Mad World' but for thrillers.

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