Wowza. An assuredly brilliant script from Sturges that shifts tone more times than a masala movie with such absolute confidence that every note and smart beat of the drama lands perfectly and leaves you wondering how you got there emotionally; even moreso thanks to a performance from Stanywyck only describable as "dynamite", her wit and timing so perfect you have to blink twice and appreciate the cleverness of her deliveries sometimes. Who even k new that talking comedy and sentimental drama could exist as such perfect bedfellows?
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Opus 2025
About halfway through this movie I frustratingly realised that tension wasn't being built and as we neared the conclusion it seemed regrettably clear that the film simply didn't have the courage of its convictions. It wanted to be a satire as biting as The Menu but it was scared to twist the knife. Still, it's not without its pleasurable perfomance from Malkovich who portrays something that reaches beyond the hamminess required of an ageing pop superstar and the music is…
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Anora 2024
Perhaps the most embarrassingly cringe worthy movie I've seen this year outside of Argyle, although this perhaps at least had a likeable lead despite not being much other than a stereotypical stripper/sex worker. I thought this might be leading somewhere for the first hour or so but then the whole production collapses into some kind of painfully unfunny fast that betrays so much anxiety about Eastern Europeans and independent women that I just held my head in my hands for…
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Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire 2023
If Sucker Punch didn't clue you in to the fact that Zack Snyder loves exploitation cinema then Rebel Moon is liable to go cinematically flying right over your head. Conceptually this work is probably genius, crossing as it does Star Wars and Kurosawa - naturally - then throwing in some Django, Jason and the Argonauts and 80s style Sword & Sorcery for *very* good measure. Those expecting some kind of depth are missing the point - and judging by internet reaction,…
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