Recent reviews

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  Heretic 2024

  ★½ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  Started off tense and intriguing but quickly became a tedious and convoluted slog.

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  The Substance 2024

  ★★★ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  Bonkers body horror about vanity, fame, and the ways in which woman aren’t allowed to age gracefully.  Amazing performances from Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley and (mostly) great special effects but the ending fell flat for me and the running time is unnecessarily long.

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  Flipside 2023

  ★★★ Watched 01 Mar 2025

  Heartbreaking doc about disappointment and regret. It suffers a bit from a lack of diversity in voices. White people (mostly of privilege) aren’t the only people that struggle or fail to achieve their hopes and dreams. Still worth a watch.

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  The Rules of the Game 1939

  ★★★★½ Watched 27 Jan 2025

  Hilarious and tragic take down of the 1930s French Bourgeoisie. I didn’t expect to like this as much as I did but it was layered and surprisingly bold (especially for a film that was released in 1939). It became clearer as the movie went on why it caused such an uproar upon release.

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