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  Oppenheimer 2023

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 21 Nov 2023

  Much like the life, work and legacy of the man himself, Oppenheimer is hard to summarise in simple, categorical completion. Rather, the nuance, complexities and sheer force of consequence they are is something undeniably evocative of the human condition. Myth, primordial fire, flesh, love, philosophy and death.

  Oppenheimer is an absolute triumph, and for my money, Christopher Nolan's most audacious and important film by a mile. Often his themes deal with overarching "What If"s presented in The Dark Knight and…

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  Possum 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 03 Aug 2023

  A horror film set in and around Great Yarmouth makes itself really

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  In Bruges 2008

  ★★★★½ Added

  Everything is relevant, everything.

  Somehow, every scene, every bit of dialogue, every detail focused on, no matter for how long contributes to building tension, comedy, character and/or the overall plot. It's a wonder to behold, even though it's only set in fucking Bruges.

  Nearly every single thing that was meant to make me laugh did, the comedy is amazing.

  And if this is meant to be a tourism film for Bruges like Lord of the Rings was for New Zealand then it worked. I want to go to fucking Bruges now. Just not die there.

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  Victoria 2015

  ★★★★ Added

  When I was first told my class was going to watch this in Film Studies I immediately thought the film was 100% going to rely on it's gimmick, that it's a feature length one take film. My snap judgement was that it would be impressive, but only on a technical scale. I was very happily mistaken.

  Victoria is a thoughtful, well paced, masterfully shot, extremely well acted and heartfelt drama that uses it's one take to great effect. It manages…