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The Dark and the Wicked 2020
Some very effective jump scares and a grisly, dark undertone make this stand above a few other haunted isolated cabin horror films.
I think there are some really interesting discussions of trauma, grief and religion here, but the film holds back a bit too much to make any of them tangible enough to be satisfying.
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Late Night with the Devil 2023
So much of this was really good, loved the aesthetic, loved the build-up, the characters were great… for me the “ad-break scenes” were where it lost me. Every time it switched to those and to a more classic filming style, it took me out of the moment - it can’t be a found footage/lost show tape, if you have these random docu scenes where the person filming is unclear. They removed so much of the tension for me.
Had great potential and a solid leading performance but not as good as it could’ve been for me.
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Living 2022
Some films just hit you with a real sucker punch, every note just resonating, every beat hitting with perfect depth - this was one of those films for me.
Bill Nighy puts in a quietly devastating performance which never over or under-sells itself. This is offset gorgeously by Aimee Lou Wood’s joyous honesty, full to the brim with heart. The performances alone could carry this, I think. But on top of that, it’s sumptuously captured in a soft, vintage hue,…
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The Brutalist 2024
The first half is obviously the stronger of the two and for me, holds up without any fault - the second half is a jarring throw into something quite different, darker and more harrowing. This shift means losing nuance and feeling a tad more heavy handed - and without giving any spoilers - there’s one scene in particular I wasn’t keen on.
However, I took a step back and looked at the whole thing, as an epic, and how it…
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