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Black Bag 2025
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I enjoyed Black Bag. On the surface, it’s a spy thriller. With the obligatory video walls & satellite surveillance from around the world etc.
At its core though, it’s a film about how people who work in that environment have meaningful relationships when much of what they do is necessarily hidden behind lies or restrictions due to classified intelligence.
It’s a light-hearted take that’s not going to change the genre. It doesn’t need to. Marisa Abela shines.
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CODA 2021
All the good things I heard about CODA were true. It is an exceptional film. A brilliant cast, a great story, beautifully shot, a fabulous score, and songs. I’m only sorry I didn’t see it at the cinema. A must-see film. I got salty sea spray in my eyes at the end.
Update: I also got to see CODA in the Strand cinema on the 19th of April after it was rereleased due to winning the Academy Award for best picture.
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Omni Loop 2024
Omni Loop is a strange film. On the one hand, it’s your standard repeat a specific time period over and over (a week in this case), but it’s also a human story about coming to terms with death and accepting a life lived and your time left.
It also ruminates on how lonely it would be to repeat the same week many thousands of times without ever being able to change the outcome.
I liked it a lot. And it’s worth two hours of your time.
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A Complete Unknown 2024
I’m not a student of Bob Dylan’s life or music. I’m aware of the controversy around his move to electric guitar. I’ve always liked Dylan’s songs when covered by others. Not a fan of his voice.
A Complete Unknown tells his origin story and coming to terms with fame. I’ve always said being famous would be ghastly. It certainly seems to be for Dylan in this portrayal.
The cast is excellent. I loved it. Timothee Chalomet is ace in the lead. The 2+ hour running time flew past. A keeper.
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