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  Small Things Like These 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 13 Nov 2024

  For a slow thoughtful drama, it’s quite intense. A masterclass in nuanced acting from Cillian Murphy. A subtly beautiful film, and one of the year’s best. B+

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  Carrie Pilby 2016

  ★★★½ Watched 10 Aug 2024

  I had no expectations for this, but it was kinda cute! With a charming central performance from Bel Powley, supported by a good cast and a nice touching ending. B

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  Elle 2016

  ★★★ Watched 03 Feb 2017

  "Shame is not a strong enough emotion to stop us from doing anything at all."

  What happens when the always sexually provocative Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct/Showgirls) makes a French rape film starring a stoic, calculating, shameless heroine is not what one would expect. In a lot of ways it doesn't feel like a film from this day and age, more like a Grindhouse film with a complex/layered central performance from Isabelle Huppert. After the opening sexual assault she calmly gathers…

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  The Girl on the Train 2016

  ★★ Watched 20 Oct 2016

  A decent adaptation of the bestselling novel by Paula Hawkins. Too bad that book is hugely overrated, and features a majorly unlikable, unreliable protagonist, who is a pathetic blackout drunk of a loser. I never would have pictured Emily Blunt while reading this story, and thought it was dumb Hollywood casting when I heard she had gotten the part, and while she is not the perfect choice for the role, she does do a solid job of capturing the essence…