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  On Falling 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  ON FALLING. A slow burn sociodrama by first time writer/director Laura Carreira; an impressive debut feature with a standout performance from Portuguese actress Joana Santos. 'On Falling' is a character study that centers around an immigrant worker who works in an Amazon-type fulfillment centre in Scotland and deals with themes of loneliness, depression, dehumanisation and the loss of identity amongst the working class. A movie that is highly reminiscent of Ken Loach, especially his later movies 'I, Daniel Blake' but…

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  Hard Truths 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 01 Feb 2025

  "What's a baby got pockets for?"

  I do love me a depressing sociodrama. Mike Leigh reuniting with Marianne Jean-Baptiste for the first time since 'Secrets & Lies' was reason enough to give HARD TRUTHS a shot at cinema, and it was well worth it, with Jean-Baptiste giving one of the performances of the year. Leigh's latest is a character driven, plot light movie about trauma and mental health with a dash of Mike Leigh's dry sense of humour. A hard watch…

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  Logan 2017

  ★★★★ Watched 01 Mar 2017

  Raw. Violent. Emotional and back to basics, more of a grounded Western road movie than your typical superhero blockbuster, the classic Western 'Shane' was obviously an influence, and I loved every minute of it. Dafne Keen was terrific, a scene stealer and a stand out for me. Overall, delighted 'Logan' received an R-rated certificate as we are delivered the Wolverine movie we have deserved and craved for so long...why couldn't all Wolverine stand alones be this X-cellent?! A fitting conclusion to the irreplaceable Hugh Jackman.

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  The Suicide Squad 2021

  ★★★★ Watched 03 Aug 2021

  "Rats are the lowliest and most despised of all creatures, my love. But if they have purpose, so do we all."

  STUDIO: Warner Bros
  DIRECTOR: James Gunn
  STARS: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Daniela Melchoir
  RUNTIME: 2 hrs. 12 mins.
  BUDGET: $185 million
  RELEASE DATE: 30th July 2021

  Favourite film of the year so far?! Hard to say but definitely the most FUN. Arguably the best DC movie since The Dark Knight trilogy and the movie we should of…