Jesse Newell

Jesse Newell

Full-time film geek. Part-time pun connoisseur.

Favorite films

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • GoodFellas
  • Spirited Away
  • The Lighthouse

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  • Black Bag

    ★★★½

  • It Follows

    ★★★½

  • I'm Still Here

    ★★★★

  • Talk to Me

    ★★★★★

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  • Talk to Me

    Talk to Me

    ★★★★★

    Wow… I’m speechless.

    The single greatest investment/gamble Screen Australia has ever made.

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★

    A wild, messy romp…

    I don’t know if it was impacted by studio interference or if Bong’s direction got lost in translation (or both), but this was a really mixed bag for me. I really struggled with the first and third acts, but I was entirely on board for the second. There are ideas and characters in this that feel very undercooked (and in some cases neglected entirely). 

    Robert Pattinson is fantastic as the many versions of Mickey. There are…

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  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

    Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

    ★★★★

    Sign 1: Yorkshire Border. Keep out!

    Sign 2: Lancashire Border. No, YOU keep out!!!

    Hands down one of the best animated films of 2024.

  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★★

    An insanely twisted fairytale...

    The Substance is a satirical body horror that ups the stakes with every turn. Demi Moore gives it her all as an ageing celebrity desperate to cling to her youth. It’s gross, it’s hyper stylistic, it’s absurd and it somehow all works together. This movie has four or five endings which would normally annoy me… but each “ending” surprised me in the best way possible. 

    Definitely see this with a crowd of people (maybe don’t eat food with this one).

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