A documentary of Bruce’s* ill-fated 1924 Everest expedition, this was undoubtedly a towering achievement at the time. By modern standards, the equipment used was primitive - Captain John Noel shot the footage with a bulky and heavy hand cranked camera that would have to have been heaved so far up this most imposing mountain. This inevitably means that much of the climbing material was taken on a long range lens and is consequently quite limited and rather difficult to follow…
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The 40 Year Old Virgin 2005
At its heart, this is nothing more than an old fashioned rom com. And from the fairly stellar cast (though they were not necessarily thought of as that at the time) there are certainly a fair share of laughs, at least in the middle section. The problem though is that at least in the unrated cut (the one I saw) there is a fair amount of flab around that heart which blocks the arteries, stops the laughs flowing and allows…
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Mickey 17 2025
This film appears to suffer from comparison with Parasite. That is unfair in many ways, and does this film a disservice. Look at this on its own merits and there is a lot to like here. The writing is smart with not-so-subtle digs at American politics. Personally I thought Robert Pattinson did an outstanding job, and (unlike some of the characters on screen) there is never any doubt as to which Mickey variant you are looking at. Double thumbs up…
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2014
The mid-film in what is probably the best trilogy of the MCU (so far) and the best film in that trilogy. This is, at heart, a spy thriller with added spandex. Unlike many superhero films it actually has a credible plot and one that doesn’t rely on mystical/ alien/ superhero enemies. Sure, there’s all sorts of fancy gadgets and gizmos, but name a spy thriller that doesn’t. As a result the stakes seem that little bit higher, and it deals…
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