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Wraps up the saga from a high level, maybe this would have been better investigated in a decade when people with more to lose are either dead or not still employing the folks sitting on some explosive material which could really put the series on the map. Also, what's up with Ghislaine Maxwell?

89 _90%

Succession (2018) - Rated 03 Apr 2020

You can't make a tomelette without cracking some gregs.

85 _83%

The New Pope (2019) - Rated 01 Mar 2020

Oh Girolamo

74 _56%

Parasite (2019) - Rated 01 Mar 2020

I did enjoy the cascading levels of class from the Park's to the Kim's to the Moon-gwang family to the drunkard pissing, wildly off balance in the rain. You can dice this up further and do a South and North Korea comparison which Moon-gwang hints at briefly too. Funny Games with the odour of desperation emanating from the invasive characters.

89 _90%

Uncut Gems (2019) - Rated 01 Feb 2020

This is a stressful experience really, with Howard's problems cascading on top of one another each with a new, darker shade of gravity, all having to be managed while someone or something is banging louder and louder in the background like a headache that won't quit. Frantic, ugly, mobile camera work meshes well with the awful people on screen. I tell you, ending aside Howie would have had an aneurysm in the next scene anyway.

61 _31%

Ad Astra (2019) - Rated 26 Jan 2020

*extended baboon screams*

85 _83%

The Irishman (2019) - Rated 02 Dec 2019

It's great to watch the young digital heads floating around on top of the shuffling, hunched bodies of these 70+ year old men. Now I'm 70% sure the mafia killed Kennedy.

79 _67%

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019) - Rated 18 Oct 2019

Good to get an addendum for the Pinkman character. I was waiting for a cheeky Huell throwback over the runtime, but at least we got a Skinny beanie unboxing.

79 _67%

This Time with Alan Partridge (2019) - Rated 18 Oct 2019

This is the perfect era for an Alan Partridge rehash. Watching him fumble, stumble and fall through political landmines on live TV while keeping to the old adage 'the show must go on' is conceptually enjoyable. This will become more humorous the older and out of touch the AP character gets really. Highlight is the Irish folk song from the farmer look alike & of course the no hands toilet visit.

41 _17%

Us (2019) - Rated 10 Oct 2019

Builds effectively up to the second (act) the fire is started and the other Nyong'o starts talking, then the shroud of mystery along with any tension evaporates. I had given up by the time the extensive exposition scissor scene rolled around and hoped for a twist to end the tailspin to the finish line, but no bueno. I could have, on the other hand, watched the bickering between the married Heidecker & Moss characters for quite a bit longer actually.