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Cinderella (2015)
Live-action adaptation of the fairy tale that never amounts to anything more than a polished, pretty banality. →
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Torn Curtain
A solid enough Hitchcock thriller but felt a little by-the-numbers at times, like his heart just wasn’t in it. →
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Tale of Tales
Excellent fairy tale anthology; grim and dark with amazing visuals. Riveting stuff. →
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One False Move
Pretty good ‘90s neo-noir that’s worth watching for Billy Bob Thornton’s awful ponytail mullet alone. →
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Grandma
Lily Tomlin as a misanthropic poet trying to help her granddaughter get an abortion is basically my spirit animal. Great piece. →
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Fantastic Voyage
Like watching a lava lamp for 90 minutes without the benefit of being stoned. →
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Transformers: The Movie
Like listening to an album of shitty ‘80s music that happens to have a robot cartoon running in the background. →
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Milano Calibro 9
Absurdly violent and trashy Italian crime thriller. I don’t think a single spoken line matched the lip movements. →
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Mystery Road
A by-the-numbers Australian cop thriller. Watching it was a bit like how I imagine it feels to read a Lee Child novel. →
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
Perfect character piece, has made me seek out more of Raul Julia’s work. Turns out he’s not just Gomez & M. Bison! →
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Love & Friendship
Fantastic Jane Austen adaptation that I can’t recommend highly enough. Kate Beckinsale incredible. Tom Bennett hysterical. →
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Warcraft: The Beginning
Against all the odds, I enjoyed it. It’s flawed, but there's some good stuff here and there. →
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It Happened One Night
1934 romcom that’s served as a template for all other romcoms ever. Brilliant, and kind of quaint. →
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A Letter to Momo
An anime so forgettable I’m struggling even to write this review about it. →
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X-Men: Apocalypse
Serviceable, functional and generally unsurprising. →
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Myra Breckinridge
A supposed train wreck of a film but the decades have been kind to it. Worth getting the DVD for the bitchy commentaries. →
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Brick
Remains the fiercely-enjoyable, expertly-crafted high school noir pastiche it always was. →
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Sleeping With Other People
Just…shit. →
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Sheba, Baby
Possible I needed to be a lot drunker to appreciate such a trashy piece, but I did enjoy Pam Grier & a great soundtrack. →
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Welcome to the Space Show
Wanted to love this kids anime but it outstays its welcome by about 45 minutes, and left me bored and confused. →