Alex Barnard

Alex Barnard

Favorite films

  • Her
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • One More Time with Feeling
  • Sling Blade

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  • Black Bag

    ★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

  • Anora

    ★★★★½

  • Emilia Pérez

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  • Black Bag

    Black Bag

    ★★

    It’s hard having a go at Steven Soderbergh as Sex, Lies, and Videotape is one of my all time favourite films, but I just want to say that in my opinion he can’t make a decent thriller to save himself. It didn’t help that this misfire Black Bag was written by David Koepp, the world’s worst screenwriter, the man who will never be able to understand good character development.

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    It really wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I was expecting some Marvel like nonsense. Robert Pattinson becoming increasingly unhinged is some of the most hilarious and surreal stuff you’ll see all year.

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  • The Last Showgirl

    The Last Showgirl

    ★★★★

    Lo and behold, I have found the female companion piece to Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler. I honestly didn’t think The Last Showgirl would be any good, but I was pleasantly surprised. I hate Pamela Anderson, but she did very well in this, even though she pretty much just played herself. It’s crazy how badly she aged but I guess that’s what fame does to a person. Great music too. They could’ve gotten Sacha Baron Cohen in here to do the funniest cameo known to man. Cabaret style entertainment really needs to make a comeback.

  • Emilia Pérez

    Emilia Pérez

    Acclaimed British novelist Sir Salman Rushdie wrote a book called The Satanic Verses in 1988. After publication, controversy erupted amongst Muslim communities across the globe as the book contained what was viewed as blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad. It was banned in many Islamic nations such as Pakistan and Iran and was a motivation in numerous extremist attacks. People who have been connected in the publication of the book have even been assassinated and the first Supreme Leader of Iran…