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  • Grenfell

  • The Summer with Carmen

    ★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

  • Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

    ★★★

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  • Grenfell

    Grenfell

    There are some horrors words can't express. For most of the time I was living in London after the Grenfell fire, the tower was covered in white plastic, sanitising what happened, doubtless making the wealthy residents of the area feel more comfortable. It was for the comfort of rich neighbours that dangerous cladding was used on Grenfell Tower, to make it more pleasing to the eye, with no concern for the risk it posed to residents, who were working class,…

  • The Summer with Carmen

    The Summer with Carmen

    ★★½

    Pros:
    Dog
    Hairy butts
    Visually beautiful
    Sexy
    The mum!

    Cons:
    Did not make me feel invested in any of the characters, apart from the dog
    Film did not really make me care about the relationship between the two friends that was the heart of the movie
    The framing of the movie as a film within a film didn't work for me, though it's an interesting conceit

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  • The Eyes of Tammy Faye

    The Eyes of Tammy Faye

    ★★

    One dimensional characterisation and bad writing make this an excruciating two hours. Even the inherent campness of the subject is undermined by the blandness of the film. I didn't have any pre-existing opinions on Tammy Faye as I hadn't heard of her, but the biopic puts her on a pedestal, hence giving a shallow portrayal which does not feel true. I think Jessica Chastain, who played Tammy Faye, probably did the best she could with a bad script. Andrew Garfield…

  • Heretic

    Heretic

    ★★★★

    Stressful in all the right ways