Favorite films

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  Anora 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  Much more fun than I expected it to be, but lacked the emotional punch I was expecting.

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★ Watched 07 Mar 2025

  Extremely disappointing.

  The film raises some interesting questions, and then abandons them in favour of less interesting ones and bizarre goofs. It would take 1,000 Robert Pattinson performances to redeem this one for me - 17 isn't nearly enough.

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  Kinds of Kindness 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 28 Jun 2024 1

  This made Poor Things look like Cars 2.

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  The Substance 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 30 Sep 2024

  There is some great performances, some phenomenal effects and makeup and a really strong premise.

  Unfortunately it's weighed down by going a bit too over the top with its ending, and for not respecting the audience throughout - constantly reiterating and reminding through flashbacks and cutaways as if you haven't been watching undermines many of the more nuanced and poignant messages.

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