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  Nickel Boys 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 27 Feb 2025

  Watched on streaming.

  The only words I have right now are

  Wow.

  Astonishing.

  Devastating.

  Important.

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  I'm Still Here 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 16 Feb 2025

  Watched at New Farm Cinema.

  A huge performance from Torres and an excellent history lesson told via an engaging political-family thriller.

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  The Mermaid 1904

  ★★★ Added

  Film School Drop Outs - Weekly Challenge 2017

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  I decided to start this challenge off by watching a movie by the legendary Georges Melies. Renowned as an innovator and arguably one of the most influential people in the history of cinema, Melies has created a wonderfully charming short film, where he lulls you in with a bunch of funny little gags, before turning up the creativity and producing something akin to a moment of clarity,…

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  Dune: Part Two 2024

  ★★½ Watched 02 Mar 2024 3

  Gee, everyone went after Ehrlich but he was dead right.

  For me, the bigger the scale, the more I wanted these characters to speak to me and the less they did.

  Give me politics. Give me believable chemistry.

  I can take or leave big action set pieces, especially when it starts to feel a bit one-note.

  I found myself wanting more from this.