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Recent reviews

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  We Live in Time 2024

  ★★★ Watched 20 Feb 2025

  PLLAAAANE FILM PLAAAANE FILM

  We Live In Time is SUCH a plane film. That genre of new releases which you just know will compliment a transatlantic flight alongside a chicken casserole. See also: Ridley Scott’s Napoleon and The Menu.

  This was watched on a 12 hour flight and it was exactly how I thought it would be.

  Undoubtably cringe moments and weird pacing but it still did what it needed to do. I unfortunately do too have feelings and like olive tapenade and have been to Herne Hill so the cutesy moments were mostly enjoyable.

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  Cure 1997

  ★★★★ Watched 11 Feb 2025

  LIMINAL SPACE O’CLOCK.

  Such an unrelenting journey of dread. I must admit I wasn’t crazy about the first half but the eeriness and unpredictability had me hooked by the end. A future favourite I predict.

  Entire downstairs Prince Chaz floor sold out at 5:30pm on a Tuesday, and for a film I must admit I had not heard of. LFG

Popular reviews

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  Saltburn 2023

  ★★ Watched 20 Nov 2023 1

  cringe as hell

  Edit: had a lot of problems with this, something particularly annoying given how enjoyable the first act is. Honestly, 45 minutes in and I felt so sure this was heading towards a Get Out-tier surrealist horror-comedy master class, thanks to its brilliant depiction of class within academic environments and excellent set of side characters (particularly Pike and Grant)

  Instead what we get is a ‘Family Guy funniest moments’ for TikTok, where set pieces designed to shock seem…

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  Kinds of Kindness 2024

  ★★½ Watched 28 Jun 2024

  Ahhh man this was tough.

  There I was, thrilled that Lanthimos had made an anthology film. I’ve always thought his films were at their best when built on particularly bold/funny/dark concepts (Sacred Deer, Dogtooth), but so frequently his films fail to maintain good pacing or emotional depth for me.

  Therefore, the idea of a film with three completely separate tales sounded perfect. I went in really expecting some juicy Kafka-esque absurdist thrills. 

  Fuck me, I’m really starting to get bored…