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  Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions 2020

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Nov 2020

  I audibly sighed during this documentary’s performance of Betty, the fourteenth track from 2020’s surprise album of the same name. This was from the absolute beauty of the track and not, as I thought it would be in the opening minutes of the documentary, from the seemingly affected discussion with her collaborators, The National’s Aaron Dessner and Bleacher’s Jack Antonoff. But as the opening refrain of Cardigan goes, “When you are young they assume you know nothing”. That is to…

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  The Menu 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 30 Nov 2022

  I enjoyed The Menu. It’s a darkly funny and acerbic film with some great performances. However, it pulls its punches a little too much both in subject and editing which stops it from being great.

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  The Sweeney 2012

  ★★ Watched 12 Dec 2020

  Winstone’s Bad Lieutenant under the PACE Act but nowhere as good that premise sounds.

  Character growth, catharsis, a hero we can root for. The Sweeney lacks all of these but still expects us to root for the incredibly violent, corrupt, misogynistic Regan. A slab of toxic masculinity heading up an equally toxic work place that has you siding with what it thinks is middle management bureaucracy but is in actual fact protection from Regan’s squad of thugs. Even the tiny…

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  Wonder Woman 1984 2020

  ★★★ Watched 16 Dec 2020 1

  There is a good film some where in Wonder Woman 1984. It has a strong opening and a decent third act with powerful moments but getting there involves a messy plot that doesn’t give any character enough focus, including Diana herself.

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