Emma Thompson's Last Christmas simply by virtue of being a Christmas Roncom set in London invites inevitable comparisons to Love Actually. Sadly it's not quite as good. That's not to say it was a bad film and it certainly has some of Richard Curtis's magic in the dialogue and the astetic. This was helped in part by a healthy amount of swearing done brilliantly by the cast.
The main character Kate is a sort of BTEC Bridget Jones. Alcoholic, obsessed…
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Last Christmas 2019
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Dune 2021
When I finished this film there was a definite sense of 'is that it?' The film ends in such a random spot after a fight between Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalomet) and some nameless character. The film's marketing (while effective at getting people to see the film) was definitely disingenuous. The marketing suggested it was a standalone action packed epic with Zendaya and Timothée Chalomet. Whereas in reality it was a fairly cerebral and beautiful adaptation of a pretty odd sci…
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