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Black Swan 2010
Wow. What a film.
After years of meaning to get around to watching Black Swan, I finally got around to doing so recently and I was completely blown away by this brilliantly tragic tale of the impossible pursuit of perfection.
Natalie Portman is sensational as Nina, a ballet dancer whose life goal is to land the role of White Swan, Princess Odette in director Thomas Leroy's Swan Lake. Her heartbreaking portrayal of Nina's willingness to push herself over the line…
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John Wick: Chapter 2 2017
After watching the original John Wick for the first time last week it only felt right to continue on with the series and the second instalment absolutely lives up to the original!
Now, I don't think the storyline is quite as tight this time around and the pacing of the narrative could be a little erratic at times, especially compared to the first film, but my word is this film is still so much fun!
The new additions to the…
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Bullet Train 2022
What an absolute thrill ride this was!
Bullet Train is one of the most exhilarating and enthralling action films that I've seen in recent times. The story follows a group of assassins who mysteriously end up on the same bullet train in Japan and, naturally, end up trying to kill one another.
Whilst a crazy premise, this interlinking story is actually surprisingly well put together and pays off in the most satisfying of ways throughout. It is no doubt helped…
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Thor: Love and Thunder 2022
I finally got around to seeing Thor: Love and Thunder, and as a HUGE Thor Ragnarok fan I was so excited to see what Taika and the team brought for the next instalment.
Unfortunately they ended up bringing an sci-fi/superhero/romantic/comedy mess of a film that only added to my already sever MCU burnout.
After reinvigorating the character with a much more comedic spin in Ragnarok, this film completely inundates you with joke after joke - with only half of them…
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