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  Saltburn 2023

  ★½ Watched 07 Jan 2024

  Truly the most hollow and derivative film I’ve seen in a good long while. Slipping in and out of realism so many times and in such a clumsy way, that you stop caring and begin to resent it. TikTok will love it as it will break down in to useable clips easily enough. I imagine this must have been pitched as brideshead revisited meets talented mr ripley meets parasite but get this it’s “set in 2006- it’s a fresh area…

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  Nightmare Alley 2021

  ★★★ Watched 29 Jan 2022

  Too much lag and quite emotionally far away. Beautifully executed in so many ways though. His particular brand of violence really does hit you in the chest. Fantastic last 5 minutes

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  Barry Lyndon 1975

  ★★★★★ Added

  Every shot is a painting worthy of the National Gallery. Watch it in the cinema if you can

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  The Last Waltz 1978

  ★★★★ Added

  It's some of the most important musicians of a generation with Scorsese directing. Get's you into 'the Band' if you're not already. Joni Mitchell fans in for a treat

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