Megalopolis is a film I went into mostly blind, although while I had seen the trailer some time ago, it doesn’t really tell you what you’re about to witness. The film is basically set in …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of MY OLD ASS!
My Old Ass: When I first saw someone reference this title, I hadn’t heard of the film, and thought they were referring to the then-forthcoming The Substance, where Demi Moore’s character is too old for …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE OUTRUN!
The Outrun is effectively a dramatised biography for novelist and co-screenwriter Amy Liptrot, and her yoyo-ing in and out of alcoholism in real life, such as showing Rona (Saoirse Ronan – See How They Run) …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of NEVER LET GO!
Never Let Go is a relatively short film these days, at 101 minutes, but still feels the need to split itself into three chapters: The Rope Is Your Lifeline, How Do I Feed My Children? …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of STRANGE DARLING!
Strange Darling opens with the declaration, “This film was entirely shot on 35mm film”, and the IMDB technical page bears this out, detailing the Kodak Vision3 50D 5203, Vision3 250D 5207, and Vision3 500T 5219, …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of LEE (2024 Kate Winslet movie)
Lee… Lee Miller… war photographer. With the renowned photographer and heavy smoker played by Kate Winslet (Titanic 3D 25th Anniversary), we first see her being interviewed about her life in her chosen – and very …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE CRITIC!
The Critic is a film I was drawn to, because Ian McKellen (Last Action Hero – yes, seriously!) – in the lead role as The Chronicle’s drama theatre critic Jimmy Erskine – is a national …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE SUBSTANCE!
The Substance centres around the premise of wishing you were younger than you are, because in the eyes of the media, high-profile female stars are on the wane once their age goes North of 50. …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of SPEAK NO EVIL (2024)
Speak No Evil looks at the problem of meeting ‘that couple’ when you’re away on holiday. For Louise (Mackenzie Davis – Terminator: Dark Fate) and Ben Dalton (Scoot McNairy – Killing Them Softly), while away …
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – The DVDfever Cinema Review – Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice comes to cinemas a whole 36 years after the original Beetlejuice was released, and it had been a long time since I’d seen that, so gave it a viewing the night before going …
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