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  • Mufasa: The Lion King

    ★½

  • Network

    ★★★★

  • Wicked

    ★★★★

  • Beaches

    ★★½

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  • Mufasa: The Lion King

    Mufasa: The Lion King

    ★½

    Why?

  • Network

    Network

    ★★★★

    Marshal McLuhan’s worst nightmare. 

    Terrifying how accurately this predicts the development of news media that followed its release. A brilliant anti-capitalist critique of the political economy of the media, delivered in a gripping drama. It is particularly brilliant given that it foreshadows actual developments in the media economy, rather than dramatising them post-hoc.

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Wicked

    Wicked

    ★★★★

    Ariana and Cynthia both gave outstanding performances. Their vocals are just phenomenal. For Ariana in particular, it felt like every bit of her was invested into making this film great and it paid off. She got the best songs and she pulled them off. Extremely happy for her. 

    The cameos from Kristin and Idina were unexpected and fun. 

    My main gripes were with the CGI, lighting and post-production. I just don’t understand why when books exist that we need to…

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