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  The Monkey 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Feb 2025

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  The Batman 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 22 Feb 2025

  I particularly enjoyed the bit where The Batman says "Maybe this is all coming to an end... The Batman" but there's actually 42 minutes of film left. Just one of life's delicious little ironies.

  I'm an avowed superhero film sceptic but the casting plus the fact that a lot of this was filmed around Liverpool was enough to draw me in. I'll confess to getting a real kick out of seeing a bunch of shots of St George's Hall and…

Popular reviews

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  La Chimera 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 15 Jun 2024

  Personally, if I were the leader of a band of antiquities thieves I would probably kick out the guy who keeps singing detailed songs about our crimes at deafening volume whenever we're at our not very secret criminal hangout spot.

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  The Substance 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 02 Oct 2024

  I know they did it for narrative convenience, but finding a USB stick and thinking the TV is the normal place to put it is an incredible bit of characterisation for a character struggling with getting old and out of touch.

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