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  Thelma 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 04 Jan 2025

  I felt like I was in the room with my grandmother. Margolin manages to take a mundane theme and turn it into a wild ride ripe with laughs. June Squibb is very convincing in this role, and her mobility at 95 is truly something of a marvel!

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  Kneecap 2024

  ★★★★ Rewatched 16 Dec 2024

  Trainspotting meets 8 Mile. Great fluidity and storytelling. Acting was great too considering these are the actual musicians and not career actors. A real pleasant surprise of a watch, plus you really can’t go wrong with protest music.

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  Heretic 2024

  ★★½ Watched 19 Nov 2024

  This wasn’t anything groundbreaking, and the religious tropes have been explored before and will undoubtedly be again. However, the performances were fantastic, particularly by Hugh Grant but also from Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East — enough to keep you guessing and engaged throughout.  The writing was clever, and really shone through Grant’s monologues, and the set design was well thought out, with the miniature model version a nice little added touch. This isn’t going to leave any long-lasting impressions — the bits questioning a higher power may resonate with some, but some aspects felt trite. Still, this was an all around an enjoyable film.

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  Beau Is Afraid 2023

  ★★★ Watched 08 Dec 2023

  What a long, strange trip! Sigmund Freud would’ve given this one a chef’s kiss. This three-hour odyssey is a panic attack on mushrooms or a fever dream. Really enjoyed Aster’s direction, set designs and world building. He is an auteur, and Joaquin Phoenix is a master. What I haven’t really been enjoying is the trend over the past two years of films running over three hours. This could’ve been cut down a bit and it perhaps would’ve packed even more of a punch.

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