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  • Adolescence

    ★★★★★

  • Maestro

    ★★

  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

    ★★★½

  • The Boy and the Heron

    ★★★★

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  • Maestro

    Maestro

    ★★

    At no point is it not obvious that Bradley Cooper directed and co-wrote this. The fact that his face is closed-up on for what feels like 99% of the film (there isn't a single scene he's not in) and that when Carey Mulligan has an emotional scene to perform we have to see her from behind and from the other side of the room, or with her hands covering her face, really irked me. He is literally never not on…

  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

    Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

    ★★★½

    While I appreciate their attempt at showing how dangerous AI can be, I don't think this film is anti-AI: I think it's just anti-AI-in-the-wrong-hands or anti-AI-being-used-for-the-wrong-things, which is a take as substantial and noteworthy as ditchwater if Aardman don't think replacing artists and stealing jobs is "the wrong thing" (note that Wallace keeps the original Norbot at the end of the film and continues to use him). Considering that Aardman released an AI remaster of The Wrong Trousers on DVD…

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  • Paris, Texas

    Paris, Texas

    ★★★★★

    Devastating

  • Booksmart

    Booksmart

    ½

    Ah yes, a good "forgive horrible people" propaganda. Might need to see a dentist after grinding my teeth for the entire runtime.

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