roryoshea

roryoshea

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  • Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

    ★★★

  • We Live in Time

    ★★★★

  • Nickel Boys

    ★★★★

  • Incendies

    ★★★★

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  • Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

    Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

    ★★★

    The movie had me in its first half, as it was truly laugh-out-loud funny, however the second section lost its magic as it felt too kiddy (in my personal opinion, although I reckon most of you will disagree). I want rom-com fluff, not primary school storylines — I didn’t want to join in on the Outward Bound excursion or sit through the corny Christmas show performance unfortunately. Sorry everyone! 

    Renée Zellwegger, as always, is utter perfection as Bridget Jones and…

  • We Live in Time

    We Live in Time

    ★★★★

    We Live In Time is a delightful, genuine and smile-inducing 20th century love story that does have its far-fetched flaws, but I do not care!

    Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh have proven themselves as two of the finest British actors of our generation... their chemistry is magical. And yes, Pugh just so happens to portray an ex-figure skating champion turned world class chef battling terminal cancer. Garfield plays an undateable IT hunk that gets brutally run over, survives the ordeal,…

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  • Irish Wish

    Irish Wish

    ★★★

    Art in its purest form.

  • Bottoms

    Bottoms

    ★★★½

    A fresh comedy that is so silly it almost feels as if it is set in an alternate universe. Everything about Bottoms is over the top, but it works. Somehow even bombs and gore manage to be a part of the joke.

    I enjoyed the modern queer aspect of this movie too. For once, we are accustomed to some unashamed lesbian representation, and the characters are not portrayed as trauma-ridden societal martyrs for being gay!

    The film’s strongest moments are…

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