I've heard people say that this is a good film but a GREAT racing film, but... is it? As a film it's fine, it does a decent job at establishing the personalities of Hunt and Lauda but the racing scenes are so sauceless that it's impossible to distinguish between the driving styles of either men. In a film about two athletes who couldn't have had more different philosophies in regards to racing, you would expect to feel that difference when…
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of X-Men '97 2024
*A brief-ish, spoiler free review for the show*
Was wrestling over whether to give this 4.5 stars or 5. That was until I finished rewatching episode 5 (FOR THE THIRD TIME BARE IN MIND) and I was in full tears by the credits.
I’ll give this a longer and more detailed review when the show is properly released on letterboxd, for now all I’ll say is this - please please please please PLEASE watch this show. I don’t care if…Translated from by
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The Menu 2022
I wish I liked this more than I do. It’s a concept that I absolutely adore but the social commentary is so ham fisted that when Anya Taylor Joy orders a cheeseburger (the climax of the consumerism metaphor) I couldn’t even enjoy the satire of the triumph because the 100 minutes that preceded it were beating me so violently over the head with the “symbolism” that I started to wish I was a victim in this film an not an…
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Maestro 2023
Maestro proves that Bradley Cooper is a director capable of wrapping an often times bland script in a grand sweeping envelope of gorgeously vapid visuals, void of purpose outside the orchestral sequences. It is another 2023 biopic that blends black and white film with coloured film to indicate chronology, this was a choice clearly intended for style with afterthought for purpose, pragmatism or substance (this could be said of the cinematography in general).
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