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  The Wild Robot 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Feb 2025

  A great, at times heartwarming film, that stands head and shoulders above other animated efforts.

  Charming, and enjoyable for both adults and children, this is a great one for the whole family.

  It perhaps dragged on a little long, but I enjoyed it, nonetheless.

  You must forgive my brevity; it has been a long time since I watched the film.

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  Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 15 Feb 2025

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Joker: Folie à Deux 2024

  ★★★★ Rewatched 09 Oct 2024

  2019's Joker was a dark and thrilling take on the famous DC villain. Unfortunately, the film found itself a lightning rod for the burgeoning culture wars. It found itself both revered and ridiculed for this very reason.

  This ultimately meant that Joker 2 was always going to be divisive. And divisive it was.

  Let's be quite clear - the scathing reviews for this film are invalid, and should be ignored.
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  The Substance 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 29 Oct 2024

  Leaving the cinema after the credits rolled, I was incredulous.
  This was due to a disconnect between what I - the viewer- was expecting, vs what I was presented with in the cinema itself.

  Let's turn the clock back, to only a few nights before.

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