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Her Master's Voice 2012
Wow. Nina Conti's doco, "Her Master's Voice", is either an exceptional piece of performance art, or an extremely personal journey, caught on film...probably a bit of both, really. Heartfelt, humourous, and slightly mad, I'd highly recommend sourcing a copy if you've at all enjoyed Conti's ventriloquist, stand-up stuff. A real peek behind the curtain.
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Evil Dead 2013
Evil Dead. As a straight up remake, gore-fest...four stars. Great practical effects and some genuinely shocking body-horror moments, with plenty of nods to Raimi's original. Does what it says on the tin.
If you scratch a little further, though, and consider where they *could* have gone with the set-up, less imitation and more innovation, and...the gender-bias is fucking horrible. Yes, I know, it's a gore film, based on an 80's classic, and I can forgive it to an extent in…
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The Dark Knight Rises 2012
"Review contains spoilers"...well, no it doesn't...but I don't want to detract from your enjoyment with my gripes.
Short version:
Good. Parts were great, the last 45 minutes especially, but the whole...good.
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I went in with really high, hyped up expectations...and it didn't meet them. It's by no means a *bad* film.
The word that constantly comes to mind is "messy". I think Nolan just tried to get too many plates to spin at…
