A Real Pain is a character drama that succeeds off the strength of its simplicity and amazing lead performances. Kieran Culkin is awesome in everything that he is, but this might be his best work to date. He is of course charismatic and energetic, really taking to the witty Sorkin-esque dialogue of Eisenberg’s script, but he is also soul-crushing and tear-jerking as a crippled man who’s been beaten down by addiction.

This is a film that thoughtfully explores the complications…

Rewatched this in preparation for James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown (Martin Scorcese’s No Direction Home documentary is finally available to purchase on VOD again in my area, so I’ll hopefully get round to that before ACU next weekend). I still maintain that this is a great tribute to Johnny Cash and his incredible legacy, whilst also being an honest depiction of his personal life and struggles. It’s true that this film lead to a lot of annoying biopic tropes that…

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First cinema double feature baby!!!! And what an awesome day it was. Two great films that i had a blast watching in the cinema with very engaged fellow audience members who laughed, gasped and applauded at the end of both, quite literally. What an atmosphere. But now on to the review....

Oppenheimer is a cinematic experience like no other and even with one viewing I'd call it one of my favourites from Christopher Nolan, it contains some of…

I'm in tears at how masterful this film truly is. Greg Fraiser's cinematography and the set pieces staged by maestro Denis Villeneuve are nothing short of breathtaking and otherworldly. The attention to detail and perspective in each shot of this movie is awe-inspiring, the action sequences are the most exciting I've seen in a blockbuster of this kind since Lord of the rings, the film is a technical marvel without any restraint.

All the actors here bring their characters to…