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Mickey 17 2025
Something deeply 00s/early 10s/Iron Man or other pre-Guardians Marvel title about everything going on in this (derogatory). Packed to the brim with humour, obvious satire and Toni Collette in an awful wig.
RPatz is fantastic - duh - but for those with eyes to see this is not new information. I think I would’ve enjoyed this more if it had just a touch more emotion and humanity in It, rather than the humans generally
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Challengers 2024
Edging in the form of cinema.
I was hot under the collar from the opening scene to the end. Luca Guadagnino films ALWAYS demonstrate such a nuanced understanding of human psychology and in this film it’s the sexually-charged medium of tennis that frames our characters’ personalities. The result is a hilarious, tense, and irresistibly lustful two hours of metaphorical AND literal back-and-forth.
LOVED the narrative structure hopping around different periods of time across the lives of the three leads, loved…
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Anora 2024
Loved how this played with our expectations. From the opening scene being set to a Take That song, to the gentle questioning that Igor puts to Anora in the second half of the film. A very clever screenplay that is held up not only by Madison’s perfect performance (Oscar nom, please), but by purposeful interjections by literally every side character and extra throughout. Funny and serious, often at the exact same time. There’s a petulance to every young character in…
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