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  • Shanghai Blues

    ★★★★

  • Golden Eighties

    ★★★★

  • The Last Picture Show

    ★★★★½

  • Viva Las Vegas

    ★★★★

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  • Shanghai Blues

    Shanghai Blues

    ★★★★

    Screwball comedy Chinese style, with charming acting and plenty of slapstick.

    Life goes on, even against a background of war, economic collapse and impending revolution. Boy meets girl, boy loses girl etc

  • Golden Eighties

    Golden Eighties

    ★★★★

    It's a charming satire of love and shopping set in a French mall, with geeky songs and Choreography. I like the Greek style chorus and the pastel shades.

    A brilliant slice of Eighties consumerism. It kind of inspires me to construct a list of weird satirical mall films, but after this an Dawn of the Dead, I ran out of inspiration.

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  • Emilia Pérez

    Emilia Pérez

    ★★★½

    It's a demented version of Mrs Doubtfire The Musical, only set in a Mexican cartel rather than a New York apartment, and played straight.

    At times the musical numbers approach "Springtime for Hitler" levels of absurdity, and with style. Great choreography and cinematography, and nuanced performances by the 3 principal actors.

    It's darkness and brutality counterpoint some really quite sensitive moments.

    The Trans-politics? Don't even go there.

  • Sick Girl

    Sick Girl

    ★½

    As bad as it sounds.

    The first 15 minutes are OK, focusing on a millenial stuck mentally in her teens while her friends have grown up.

    It gets worse when she lies about the cancer, and the ending is even worse.

    A comedy where the jokes and situations just aren't funny doesn't work.