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  The Witch 2015

  ★★★½ Watched 04 Nov 2023 2

  Film club #7

  I picked the film this week and as a tribute to Halloween went for a horror. I wouldn’t particularly describe this as a horror as I wasn’t scared at any part of the film, it plays on suspense and expecting something to happen rather than sudden jump-scares. Even though it wasn’t what I was expecting in terms of scariness it is a good film with a good story although at times the old fashioned speech made it…

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  Adaptation. 2002

  ★★★½ Watched 30 Oct 2023 1

  Wmc film club #6 

  A film about flowers that’s more about deep-rooted (if you’ll pardon the pun) loneliness and self-loathing. I’ve always had a preconceived idea that Nicolas cage is a bit of a meme actor but his portrayal of the awkward and lost Charlie compared with the hopeful and optimistic Donald has made me reconsider. I really liked Donald so to see him die by getting thrown out of a car like Johnny Knoxville was a sad moment. A…

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  Aftersun 2022

  ½ Watched 22 Sep 2023 2

  Hands down the most boring film I’ve ever seen. I once tried to drink a whole cup of tea using only a teaspoon and this film wasn’t half as entertaining as that. The only exciting bit is when the credits roll so you can turn the thing off. It took 75 teaspoons if anyone was interested.

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  Come and See 1985

  ★★★ Watched 24 Oct 2023 4

  Wmc film club #5

  I can see why other people would enjoy this film however it this just wasn’t really for me. Russian is a difficult language to listen to and I struggled to concentrate whilst watching it. Also watched it on two different streams as the first was buffering and both had different subtitles which was very confusing. If I could describe this film in one word it would be noisy. The harsh Russian language and constant weird music…

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