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  Mean Girls 2004

  ★★★★½ Watched 31 Jul 2023

  Brilliant.

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  Oppenheimer 2023

  ★★½ Watched 30 Jul 2023

  In my view, the 2 and a half star rating is GENEROUS. One and a half for the cine (it’s very pretty) and one star for the performances, all of which of very strong. But the pacing….. oh my god the pacing…. it was awful beyond imagination (with exception for the Bomb scene - which is the only brilliant part of the film); it was so hard to keep up (as someone who’s actively interested). Not to mention the obnoxiously…

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  Goodbye, Dragon Inn 2003

  ★★ Watched 08 Feb 2023

  Gorgeously shot, but the pacing makes it a borderline torturous excuse to fall asleep.

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  Case 39 2009

  ★★ Watched 18 Jan 2023

  This film leaves you with more questions than answers. 

  Having got through about half one night, I really enjoyed the story and made a mental note to come back to it, and so I did a few nights later.

  I wish I hadn’t. 

  The first half makes for a promising film, the plot was set up nicely and starting to thicken like a brownie in the oven. And it was interesting enough to make you forget about the rather questionable…

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