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  Cyrano 2021

  ★★★ Watched by Chris St Lawrence 14 Jan 2022

  online screenings suck a lot. can't believe guild folks vote for awards based on these hyper-compressed, warbled & distorted versions of what i assume are well-made movies!
  
  
  q&a with joe wright, seamus mcgarvey, sarah greenwood, and katie spencer

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  Belle 2021

  ★★★★ Watched by Chris St Lawrence 12 Jan 2022

  RECURRING WHALE MOTIF

  BELLE deserves the hype. 

  With a narrative pendulum that swings perfectly between stylish extravagance and quiet intimacy, writer-director Mamoru Hosoda elevates a familiar story into even something even more touching.

  Not too shyly inspired by Beauty and the Beast, there are a lot of familiar story beats and even sequences, but this Hosoda manages to surprise with fresh takes on the material that revolve around the film’s own virtual reality, the “U”

  As an animation enjoyer, the…

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  The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special 2020

  ★★★ Watched by Chris St Lawrence 19 Nov 2020

  no reference to rey palpatine — just how i like it 😌

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  West Side Story 2021

  ★★★★★ Watched by Chris St Lawrence 29 Nov 2021

  WEST SIDE STORY has rocked my world. 

  Everyone is at the top of their game. Spielberg is a master. Under his direction, Kamiński is a camera wizard, aiming a show-stopping light on the shining star that is Rachel Zegler. 

  So many things to rave over here. Too many to mention.

  Full review coming soon to DF.