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John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
I just saw John Wick: Chapter 4 and it was a lot of fun. It’s the type of action extravaganza that perfectly streamlines both its plot and characterisation and uses elegant pacing so that it never becomes monotonous or dull, at least not for me. At a runtime of just under 3 hours, that’s very…
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Tar (2022)
I just saw Tar, finally, and it was a very artful character piece. It certainly scratched my itch to see something a little artier than what’s been on offer at the multiplex of late. It’s an at times glacially placed but never uninvolving character piece about a formidable but problematic artistic personality, renowned conductor Lydia…
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Pearl (2023)
I just saw Pearl, directed by Ti West and co-written by him with lead actress Mia Goth, and despite a slow start it was honestly amazing. It’s a film that’s absolutely sold by its lead performance, which is frankly one of the best of the year (last year for American audiences). If movies this weird,…
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Scream VI (2023)
I just saw Scream VI and it was a lot of fun. I saw it on a double bill with Scream V (I refuse to call it Scream), which I’d already seen, although I think that I liked it a bit better this time. I liked it before as a silly satirical piece, but this…
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Demon Slayer: To the Swordsmith Village (2023)
So I just saw Demon Slayer: To the Swordsmith Village and it was… a thing. It was moving images projected onto a flat surface commonly referred to as a screen. And in this crazy world, isn’t that better than a kick in the delicates? Look, I’ll level with you. I wouldn’t normally choose to see…
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Cocaine Bear (2023)
I just saw Cocaine Bear and it was okay. It moved very slowly for far too much of its first act and never quite develops the pace that a film like this needs, but it has a couple of great set pieces and amusing performances, and is overall a relatively slick piece of work for…
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Wherein my featured image is a comic book because none of the film posters will export. I just saw Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and it was surprisingly enjoyable. It’s getting a lot of nasty reviews and I’m not sure why. Maybe I’m out of the loop with what people expect from a comic book…
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Knock at the Cabin (2023)
So I just saw Knock at the Cabin and it was… alright. A solid 2/4 movie. All of the strictures of late-period Shyamalan (which at this point is his entire career post-Unbreakable, save maybe a couple of relatively bright spots) apply, but softened, probably by the fact that he’s working with stronger source material than…
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2023)
I just saw Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and it was really good. It’s the best new film that I’ve seen in 2023, which indicates either how good it is or how bad my choices have been. January’s always a slow month for movies, of course, and now it’s February maybe good ones are…
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Unwelcome (2023)
Well, I just saw Unwelcome, and although it’s only January, it’s a hot contender for my worst film of 2023. I take back every hurtful thing I said about Halloween Ends. I was but a spoilt, callow youth when I let loose my bile on that innocent picture. I did not know how good I…
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