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  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    ★★★★

  • Barbie

    ★★★★★

  • The Thing

    ★★★★★

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  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    ★★★★

    A lovely redemption story that doesn't always take itself seriously. Standout performance from Frances McDormand, but you would be hard pressed to find anyone in this film who doesn't have a good or great moment
    The dialogue can be fun and short at times but in a way that feels authentic to the characters.

  • Barbie

    Barbie

    ★★★★★

    Everything important about Barbie has probably already been said ad nauseam.

    My theory that it's a metaphor for Genesis but also the New Testament however?...

    bold, brilliant, brave, (other words with good connotations that start with B), brainless, reading into it too much?

    Either way. Ken and Barbie, or Adam and Eve should we say begin in Barbieland (or Eden - I'll stop doing this now) but the location isn't what's important. It's all symbolic as is Genesis, it's the…

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  • The Thing

    The Thing

    ★★★★★

    I've watched this more time than I can care to remember and I'm doubtless I will return to it again. This may even be my favourite film but confidently my favourite horror. If you haven't seen it you should watch it with lights nice and dim, late at night, then come back to finish reading this review.
    The practical effects will always have to get a mention and they are sublime. The acting is stellar across the board and even…

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