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Underclass Magical Drama  

by: rogerco

Bird  

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on: 31 Jan 2025

Brilliant and slightly magical

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Review of "Fallen Leaves"  

by: rogerco

Fallen Leaves  

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on: 04 Jan 2025

Withthe directors unique sparse and allusive style a love story for modern times.

Full review 44 words

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Gobsmacked  

by: rogerco

No Other Land  

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on: 21 Dec 2024

Review extract: I was left absolutely speechless at the end. ...

Full review 55 words

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Watched again by mistake but still good  

by: rogerco

Wild Tales  

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on: 13 Dec 2024

Review extract: Watched this again by mistake but still enjoyed it. ...

Full review 44 words

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Truth not Sentiment  

by: rogerco

Amour  

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on: 07 Dec 2024

Review extract: We had no recollection of having seen this before, but we did, in 2013 (see other review) This time I found it really excellent, brilliantly acted and sympathetically told making the characters strong and avoiding any sentimentality. ...

Full review 75 words

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Nice drawing, good storyline  

by: rogerco

Your Name  

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on: 01 Dec 2024

Review extract: Nice story although it went on a bit towards the end as they kept not meeting. ...

Full review 55 words

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Powerful  

by: Roger CO

The Hunt  

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on: 23 Nov 2024

A powerful story of the madness of crowds

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Slow paced comedy  

by: rogerco

Leningrad Cowboys Go America  

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on: 28 Sep 2024

Review extract: Probably hilarious if you are Finnish or Russian but a bit weird for me as the gags seem obvious and laboured but in a kind-of good way

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Not a political war film. Inoffensive to a fault  

by: Roger CO

Civil War  

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on: 20 Sep 2024

Review extract: A proposed civil war in today's USA is just the background to what essentially is a Deliverance style road movie about a set of four journalists travelling through an strange landscape. ...

Full review 58 words

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Discovering poetry and murder  

by: Roger CO

Poetry  

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on: 15 Sep 2024

Review extract: A good story about an older woman trying to extend her life experience through poetry while grappling with her live-in teenage grandson's social awkwardness problems and their consequences.

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Brilliant Modern-day Gangster Movie  

by: Roger CO

Eastern Promises  

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on: 08 Sep 2024

Review extract: With Russian emigrees in London providing the gangster sex trafficing background a young woman has to confront them. ...

Full review 39 words

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Entertaining observation but silly story  

by: rogerco

Robot Dreams  

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on: 04 Sep 2024

it seems ridiculous to say it about a tale of a dog and his robot friend, but it was a bit unbelievable at times.

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Not much to like  

by: rogerco

The Fabelmans  

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on: 18 Aug 2024

Review extract: Flawed because I didn't really like the family or any of the people in it. ...

Full review 39 words

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Existential Angst  

by: Roger CO

Lights in the Dusk  

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on: 07 Aug 2024

If Camus had made films this might have been one

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Korean Hitchcock  

by: rogerco

Mother  

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on: 27 Jul 2024

Ultimately did he do it?

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Mildly swinging amusement  

by: rogerco

Rotten to the Core  

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on: 20 Jul 2024

Mid 1960s cusp of the old staid and new swinging styles

Full review 163 words

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Amusing  

by: rogerco

The Rutles : All You Need Is Cash  

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on: 22 Jun 2024

Entertaining light spoof, some jokes a bit repetitive and obvious (eg the interviewer chasing the camera)

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Rating "The Housemaid"  

by: Roger CO

The Housemaid  

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on: 08 Jun 2024

No summary or description available

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Rating "Phoenix"  

by: Roger CO

Phoenix  

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on: 01 Jun 2024

No summary or description available

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Enjoyable in a simple style  

by: rogerco

The Other Side of Hope  

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on: 28 May 2024

Review extract: Echos of Wes Anderson in the stylised performaces and mis-en-scene. ...

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Absurd Tosh  

by: Roger CO

Snowpiercer  

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on: 11 May 2024

Well it really is total rubbish

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Charming and engrossing  

by: rogerco

Alcarràs  

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on: 20 Apr 2024

Review extract: A charming picture of the tensions of extended family life against a background of external threat in a gorgeous setting.

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Damaged people in rural setting  

by: rogerco

The Quiet Girl  

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on: 13 Apr 2024

Review extract: A slow and slightly intense movie about a withdrawn child finding her place in the world. ...

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Engrossing  

by: rogerco

Cow  

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on: 06 Apr 2024

Review extract: Life (spoiler alert - and death) of a dairy cow on a mass production dairy farm from the cow's point of view. ...

Full review 62 words

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Brilliant Beautiful and a bit Tragic  

by: Roger CO

The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao  

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on: 16 Mar 2024

Review extract: A wonderfully crafted film and a good story set mostly in 1950's Rio with episodes from the parallel lives of two close sisters intertwined. ...

Full review 38 words

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