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Recent reviews

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  Flora and Son 2023

  ★★★ Watched 29 Sep 2023

  When Irish director John Carney broke into the scene with his 2007 musical drama film ‘Once,’ no one anticipated this little film about two struggling Dublin musicians to win the Academy Award. So, of course, it was followed by subsequent fame for Carney, who made his second film with formidable Hollywood stars Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo. However, he soon returned back to the stories in Ireland, grounded in rooted musical notes that ring true if listened carefully. The 2016…

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  No Hard Feelings 2023

  ★★ Watched 26 Sep 2023

  I Love Jennifer Lawrence, but No Hard Feelings doesn't work - neither as a sex comedy nor as a late coming-of-age tale about a woman who is unable to commit to anything in her life. Except for the 'maneater' moment, this is just forgettable.

Popular reviews

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  Control 2007

  ★★★★½ Watched 08 Aug 2016 14

  The colour scheme is fuckin' black & white, and they fuckin' speak as if there's a golden shite. The fuckin' movies are all overblown, the fuckin' powers and all those fuckin' guns. The fuckin' people are fuckin' stupid, they fuckin' talk as if they know it.

  The fuckin' music is fuckin' fucked, what sadness can give, not a fuckin' thing could. The fuckin' love is fuckin' unreal, with all the fuckin' dance and all them fuckin' seals.

  The fuckin' cigarette is…

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  Blue Jay 2016

  ★★★★ Watched 05 Nov 2016 8

  "There's nothing wrong with my life. I should be happy. But there's this sadness and I don't know where it comes from."

  A lovely, melancholic stroll down the love that coulda, shoulda, woulda. If you are on a strict - one romantic movie a year diet, make sure that this is the one.