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Recent reviews

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  Wish 2023

  ★★ Watched 28 Nov 2023

  I’m just grateful my kids are older and I’ll be spared the punishment of having this one playing 24/7 around me.

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  Saltburn 2023

  ★★ Watched 23 Nov 2023

  Perhaps on her third feature Emerald Fennel will finally write a script that doesn’t fall completely apart on the third act. She might even learn to be a true provocateur, like Julia Ducournau, and not just Adam McKay with an A24 t-shirt. You can practically hear her laughing behind the monitors, thinking she’s saying something nasty and hysterical about the rich, when in fact all she is revealing are her thoughts about the middle class.

Popular reviews

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  The Little Things 2021

  ★½ Watched 15 Jan 2021 40

  Denzel Washington: “Just give me my check”

  Rami Malek: “This is way harder when I can’t lip sync my way through a performance”

  Jared Leto: “I didn’t bathe for over six months, murdered three hamsters and developed a hilarious strut in preparation for this role”

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  Athena 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 22 Sep 2022 9

  Gavras manages to pull off what is easily the best opening shot of 2022 *AND* the worst closing shot of the year. Woof. What a cowardly and treacherous way to drop the ball on the 1 yard line after such an incendiary ride.