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  • Some Like It Hot
  • Mermaids
  • Paddington 2
  • CODA

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  • Nelly Knows Mysteries: A Fatal Engagement

    ★★

  • Snow White

    ★★★★

  • The Driller Killer

    ★½

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  • Nelly Knows Mysteries: A Fatal Engagement

    Nelly Knows Mysteries: A Fatal Engagement

    ★★

    An agony aunt helps the new police detective solve his first murder. 
    Pilot episode for a Hallmark mystery series that (so far at least) hasn’t taken off starring Pascale Hutton & Kavan Smith.
    The chemistry is good and the whodunnit decent but I did find Nelly a bit full on at times.

  • Snow White

    Snow White

    ★★★★

    I’m not going to comment on the controversy that has dogged this film the past couple of years because I honestly believe it’s entirely performative and personally I am sick to the back teeth of it.
    Is Snow White a flawless movie? Not by any means, it has some problems but overall I liked far more about it than I didn’t.
    Firstly kudos to Disney for making this a full on musical. It’s not just a live action cartoon with…

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  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★

    Robert Eggers reimagining of Bootleg Dracula has some impressive visuals and strong performances but for the most part it left me cold. 
    Set in 19th Germany its a gothic love story between a centuries old vampire (Bill Skarsgard) and a young woman (Lily-Rose Depp).
    The dialogue for me was a little too stilted and theatrical and a couple of decent jump scares aside it never really felt remotely scary. 
    Skarsgard’s Count Orlock never felt dangerous or menacing, even when he…

  • West Side Story

    West Side Story

    ★★★★★

    I’ve always known West Side story is based on Romeo and Juliet, I’ve seen the Robert Wise version several times.
    So why is it only today I realised Riff is Mercutio?