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Seconds 1966
What would you give for a second chance at life?
Such is the premise of the cleverly titled Seconds, a forerunner to The Substance in which ‘The Company’ offer a meek, flailing man the chance for a new life - note his pathway through a tailor shop and a meat locker first. A faked death and an intense plastic surgery operation will allow him to pursue the life he always wanted. It doesn’t take long for the illusion to shatter…
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Rain Man 1988
Dustin Hoffman won the Oscar but the real winner is Tom Cruise, who carries the whole story on his arsehole shoulders. It’s in the shortlist as his best performance, a rare moment where the younger actor is dominating the more experienced elder statesman.
As soon as Charlie works out Raymond can count cards, the smiles keep on coming until the tears. 1988 must have been a great time to be alive when a road trip dramedy that really shouldn’t work can become the biggest film of the year.
K-Mart does suck, and Qantas does rule.
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Oppenheimer 2023
Got an aching back? Watch Oppenheimer and let the seat’s vibrations sort you out!
I’m erring with a conservative 4.5 here because of recency bias, but I think this is a flawless film. Also to note is that the only imax screen with 70mm projection is 1,776km away from me. Had to make do!
Cillian Murphy, besides looking like my dad at the end, is magnetic. Normally I don’t like Oscars for biopic performances, but this isn’t your standard biopic.…
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Better Man 2024
If every musical biopic can have a brutal chimpanzee battle musical number with a dolly zoom then I will watch them.
As a story this is just like every other of its kind. Sad childhood. Parental issues. Breakthrough. Struggling with fame. Redemptive performance. But Better Man is filled with two things that set it apart: CGI and vision. Michael Gracey’s helms the musical numbers with real gusto whilst the ‘Robbie as a monkey’ (chimpanzee) is funny for all of one…
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