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  Oxygen 2021

  ★★★ Watched by Phil Hobden 25 Jan 2022

  Tense and twisting thriller with an impressive claustrophobic atmosphere (no pun intended of course).  It may suffer from being a little too happened by its premise at times but for the most part it works well enough.

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  Nightmare Alley 2021

  ★★½ Watched by Phil Hobden 23 Jan 2022

  I realise that I’m going to be an outsider here but Guillermo del Toro‘s Nightmare Alley was a let down. Overlong and overindulgent, the film left be a bit bored as it meandered to its pretty predictable ending. 

  I get why people love Del Toto as a director but I’ve always struggled to love his films (yes I even think Pan's Labyrinth is a bit over rated)  and this so yet another disappointment for me.

Popular reviews

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  Kate 2021

  ★★★ Watched by Phil Hobden 22 Jan 2022

  Whilst it may be a bit long and probably doesn’t have an original bone in its body, Kate is a fun, crazy and enjoyable revenge action flick that delivers strong action and just about believable characters. Well worth a watch.

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  Don't Look Up 2021

  ★★★★ Watched by Phil Hobden 18 Jan 2022

  Smart, biting and as well crafted a satire as you’d hope from film of this pedigree - Don’t Look Up is a superb (and scary) pitch black comedy that works on so many levels. Sadly many of them feeling far too close to the world we live in… 

  Brilliant.