There are very strong and pure moments of humanity here, but woven all throughout is painfully simple-minded messaging. Rhetoric in the same vein of ‘violent video games turn kids into shooters.’ The case of Jamie is not a new kind of malevolence, as the series aims to depict. The case of Jamie, if set in reality, is one of psychosis where his actions aren’t sought to be understood as there is nothing meaningful to extrapolate. But instead, we are presented…
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Anora 2024
Shot beautifully; love the aesthetic of it all. Visually borderline masterpiece and right up my alley. Every character is insufferably stupid though and understandably that is the point of the film as a lot of good humour is derived from that, but when the film attempts to convey dramatic, emotional moments none of it lands because of how dumb every character is. I had accepted this unfortunate fate after a certain point and was enjoying it for its screensaver value,…
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The Day of the Jackal 2024
8 episodes of mastery and then a 2-part finale that detracts from all the interest created. An ending so weak I have no interest in checking out season two when it eventually arrives. The show is phenomenal, otherwise. A real shame.
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