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Anora 2024
The first and final third of Anora made me want to die. If I was a Double-O agent, I would have cracked the cyanide capsule in my back tooth 17 minutes in, and if it had failed, and burnt my face and throat instead of killing me instantly, then at least the immeasurable pain I’d be in would be a welcome distraction from this star-spangled hell journey.
Mikey Madison however, gave her all in this, and is certainly deserving of the accolades and awards being dished out.
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The Connection 2014
Upon hearing of the death of Gene Hackman, my obvious thought was to rewatch The French Connection, my absolute favourite film of all time. However, when searching for it to stream in likely-overly-compressed quality, I remembered that I had The Connection on my watch list and decided to give it a go. Although certainly no homage to Hackman, it certainly arcs back to the grit of Friedkin’s finest outing, at times actually looking it was filmed in the 70s, let…
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000
Grotesque hell.
In the same way the Snow in 1939s The Wizard of Oz was made from asbestos, it wouldn’t surprise me if the clearly fake fudge, cake and other Who-based treats fed to Jim Carrey caused him serious gastrointestinal issues resulting in an out of court settlement with Universal Pictures.
I hope so anyway.
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Beetlejuice 1988
I first watched Beetlejuice at six years old, when my grandmother bought me a copy on VHS without my mother knowing. She did this two further times, once with Dumb & Dumber and then The Shining. That was the last time I ever stayed overnight at my grandmothers and I believe that my movie-watching experiences diminished significantly after that. This is for reference the same grandmother who encouraged me to drink brandy at the same tender age.
Rewatching Beetlejuice in 2024…
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