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  Lady Bird 2017

  ★★★★½ Watched 29 Apr 2024

  Think ima have to make up for being 6 years late to the party by watching this again at din dins 😱

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  Interview with the Vampire 1994

  ★★★★★ Watched 31 Mar 2024

  This film flawlessly filled me with an ardent appreciation of the unrelenting grind of vampiredom.

  The luscious locks assumed by Brad Pitt’s broken hearted ‘louis de Pointe du Lac’ are aptly vampirish and, combined with his (initially human) character’s languishing despondency following the death of his wife and unborn child, foreshadowed an optimal and smooth character developement into vampiredom. However, following his meeting with Lestat De Lioncourt (a merciless bloodthirsty vampire) who offers him an escape through taking the leap…

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  Beautiful Boy 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 18 Jan 2024

  Beautiful Boy discloses the devastating and desperately distressing events of real case of drug addiction and and the struggle to recovery - bringing the chronicles of Nic and David Sheff’s memoirs to the big screen. 
  Timothy Chalamet clasps the viewer in the palm of his hands with a phenomenally sensitive and seemingly effortless management of the immensely destructive effect of crystal meth, while Steve Carell captures the agonising feelings of responsibility and fear consuming those close to him. 

  Harrowing and heartbreaking - Nic and David Sheff you are an inspiration to us all.

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  The Remains of the Day 1993

  ★★★★ Watched 25 Jan 2024

  A quietly compelling film with highly nuanced performances, grand vistas, and a desperate stillness.

  Hopkins’ Mr Stevens is the toughest nut to crack, with an unwavering pursuit of dignity and formality to the detriment of developing intimate relationships or personal opinions. 

  Emma Thompson perfectly balances the qualities of professional reserve required of Miss Kenton with a heartfelt frankness, excruciatingly missed by Mr Stevens. 

  Remains of the day is a cautionary tale and powerful reminder that our responsibilities not only lie in our professional duties but perhaps much more importantly in seizing the moment and valuing human connection!!

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