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  A Real Pain 2024

  ★★½ Watched 02 Jan 2025

  Found the performances from both leads engaging enough. And Eisenberg firmly cements his prowess behind the camera with this sophomore effort for sure.

  However…

  Shades of Sideways plagued the proceedings here (an introspective buddy-road trip consistently hampered by the emotional outbursts from the more volatile of the pair)… and whilst that particular Alexander Payne entry certainly has its following, afraid I’m decidedly NOT one of them (so I took points off anytime the narrative strayed into that film’s territory).

  Bottom line… A Real Pain‘s pretty good though occasionally falls victim into actually becoming one.

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 01 Jan 2025

  Outside of, dare I say, the POLARIZING hype: I for one drank deeply into Eggar’s masterfully concocted Kool Aid… and even deeper from Depp’s exquisite histrionics, which (quite literally) almost shook Demi down a notch for performance of the year.

  Loved Skarsgard’s approach to the character… and the moustache. 

  Hoult and Dafoe were also both reliably amazing (as expected), nevertheless this was truly Depp’s film to steal.

  Overall, this surprisingly felt more like a Coffin Joe film (with an actual budget) rather than just another exhausted re-telling of Stoker’s source material… and that’s not a bad thing, at all!

  Bottom line… Delicious.

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  Meg 2: The Trench 2023

  ★★½ Rewatched 03 Jun 2023

  Yes, I actually saw it at a studio screening last October and no, I can’t divulge any details until it’s released… outside of the fact that it IS very awesome. Director Ben Wheatley surpasses the first film and I’m betting this will actually turn a few heads from people who didn’t even like the original. 

  Remember, the Meg came from the trench, and was just one of MANY other kinds of creatures that ALSO INHABIT said trench below. As the title promises, THE TRENCH is exactly where you’re going and somewhat surprisingly… it’s quite fun down there.

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  M3GAN 2022

  ★★★ Watched 25 Jan 2023 1

  In keeping with my new year’s resolution to become more participatory here on Letterboxd, I humbly offer my first review of 2023… 

  Had always wanted to get around to Gerard Johnstone’s HOUSEBOUND (2014) based on all good things heard but never found the time. Going to make more of an effort now that I’ve caught this latest offering from him.

  M3GAN was definitely a film I enjoyed, while it admittedly didn’t quite rise above exactly what I was expecting. Still,…

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