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Trolls World Tour 2020
Trolls: Infinity War. Needs far more Rachel Bloom and way less James Corden. It’s ADHD cinema at its purest (Riley looked away for a split second and came back to a drug trip-esque sequence that made no sense at all) but why the hell is this so good???
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Being the Ricardos 2021
So unbearably boring it took six attempts to finish this over the course of two weeks. No more biopics, Hollywood needs to stop making biopics until awards bodies recognise acting performances other than imitations of real people exist.
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Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021
For every moment I laughed or genuinely enjoyed myself, there were three where I sighed or rolled my eyes. No Way Home presents a real conflict of interest for me; as someone who grew up with Raimi’s trilogy and have been progressively more sick and tired of Marvel’s Peter Parker, to find so many moments in this film that tap into those raw, tender childhood memories amongst the Marvel of it all (I wanted to tear my hair out over…
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Black Widow 2021
As the opening credits droned on with a bleak cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit, I was worried that small segment would act as a mission statement for the entire film - and I was completely right. Some of the worst editing this series has ever produced and an unbearably incoherent third act that did nothing to honour one of the OG Avengers, this is absolutely not the way you want to start a new phase of your franchise. The…
