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The Master 2012
All rise for Sir Philip.
This movie is all about the performances. PSH chief of all is mesmeric and stunningly powerful. But Phoenix and Adams are also compelling and hold up to him wonderfully.
There is some excellent filmmaking here too. It looks gorgeous and the score is gripping but the pacing was sluggish. It built up nicely until the motorbike-off and then stuttered to its end. The resolution was neither satisfying nor morbidly foreboding. It fell short of really…
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The Social Network 2010
You know, I think Zuckerberg might be a bad person...
This is an interesting time capsule. At the time, Mark was a misunderstood nerd who made billions from spinning his awkwardness into tech genius. But now...he's the newest face of the radicalising power of neo-fascism. What a difference a decade makes!
This is, nevertheless, still a superb film. Fincher and Sorkin make a great duo and I could listen to the razor-sharp lines across those gorgeous wide shots for hours. Eisenberg is excellent, Garfield is dreamy and my main complaint is that this should've been longer!
4.5*
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Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 2024
Justice for Gromit.
A nice return to form for our favourite Mission Impossible duo. Seeing Feathers return was awesome and Gromit in that little gardeners outfit was to die for.
It didn’t quite match the highs of the Gavin and Stacey finale but the laugh out moments (Cheese Captcha, Anton Deck) nearly killed me in my post-pigs in blankets-based slumber.4*.
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The Brutalist 2024
Synecdoche: Pennsylvania.
Not another biopic! Wait...what?!
Beautiful and epic tale of the American Dream turned sour. Brody, Jones and Pearce are spellbinding, it looks stunning and the time flew by.
In the end though, it flirted with a lot of interesting ideas but failed to say anything conclusive - despite finishing with a heavy-handed flourish in the Epilogue. It felt unresolved and, dare I say it, unfinished - with many loose ends merely hinted at rather handled with conviction.
Worth a watch, probably a classic, but also didn't meet its potential.
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