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  Queer 2024

  ★★½ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  I had heard nothing but criticism for the final third and the descent into crazy but it was definitely the best part for me.
  What came before felt turgid, slow and grubby. Nasty little characters who writhe through the sweaty scenery, using each other as they slither into bars and hotels and beds. 
  The epilogue was very, very good.

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  The Big Short 2015

  ★★★★½ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  Hi energy and polished but something missing, possibly the edit or the characters that are just so basic in their completeness.
  Knowing to the point of tedious but you just gotta keep on watching the inevitability as the gravity of the massive story pulls you with it.

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  The Holiday 2006

  ½ Watched 25 Dec 2024

  Awful in every way … except perhaps Arthur’s story

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  Poor Things 2023

  ★½ Watched 10 Apr 2024

  Nasty misogynistic story … apparently freeing but really a romp through men controlling women, sex as Blackpool through a stick of rock.
  A horrible freak show that does not hold up the mirror. It amplifies common themes in so many films becoming worse itself in the process.

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