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  The Apprentice 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 11 Feb 2025

  The evolution this movie takes is bone chilling, and I just wish it was fantasy. In all honesty, it's toned the fuck down.

  As if you needed it, this is a reminder that the most powerful seat on the planet is occupied by a man who could never possibly "win". The camera gets more and more stable as the film goes on, as ue himself gets more assured in himself. And whilst some of the writing occasionally misses more powerful…

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  A Real Pain 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 28 Jan 2025

  Introspection is hard, and this shows it doesn't matter who you are- nobody finds it easy.

  I love how quick everyone in the group is to affirm everything they say to each other, but the constant battle for David to affirm himself carries on because he's never going to hear himself say those words.

  The speech he gives at the dinner table is fabulous, and Kieran Culkin gives a sensational round-trip. 90 minutes and out, good ride.

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  Emilia Pérez 2024

  ★ Added

  This is absolutely terrible.

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★ Added

  It's good, but it's not quite Carling- I mean Herzog.

  Again, Robert Eggers delivers gorgeous imagery, which is undeniably supreme. I've never seen moonlit shots look as good and well-captured as in this film, it's a real marvel. And some of the frames in it are gorgeous, particularly the final shot, which is a beautiful horror.

  But.

  The acting being at mach fuck for the whole time from LRD really reduces the impact of a lot of the scenes, and…

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