Is Robert Pattinson liked by every man? He’d also kill in the American Psycho remake.
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The Brutalist 2024
"It’s not the journey, it’s the destination."
At 3.5 hours long, I don't think this film earned that closing line. A film of this length should have a more defined message, which I felt was lacking—probably explaining why its alleged Zionist undertones have been misinterpreted.
Inspired by There Will Be Blood—both in style and in its exploration of a character consumed by ambition—PTA and Daniel Day-Lewis, in an hour less, manage to present a far more incisive critique of how capitalism, pride, and American society fuel destruction under the guise of progress.
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The Lobster 2015
I called Yorgos Lanthimos a European Edgelord Filmmaker in my Poor Things review, and this exact way I’d expect such a filmmaker to satirise societal expectations regarding romance.
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Bamako 2006
At the end of this film, a speaker at the screening asked someone in the audience to use one word to describe this film.
The word I would have used… Exhausting.
Maybe it was because this was my second film of an evening double bill in a very warm cinema or maybe it was because I’ve heard everything in this film too many times before. I’ve heard it across the table at a rowdy bar in Nigeria with my tipsy…
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