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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

3/8/2023

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM ★★★★☆
Funny and frenetic. The zinging dialogue of a screwball comedy meets the animated inventiveness of ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE. In a sea of scene-stealers, is Ice Cube or Paul Rudd the winner? Kept thinking, this is just delivering.

Past Lives film review

31/7/2023

PAST LIVES ★★★★★
Deeply romantic movies are rare. Set over a quarter of a century, this story delivers a bitter-sweet journey. PAST LIVES is a deft tear-jerker.
My review: http://www.filmaluation.com/past-lives.html

You Hurt My Feelings - film review

31/7/2023

YOU HURT MY FEELINGS ★★★★☆
Is anyone good at their job in this movie? An enjoyably squirm-inducing comedy about professional and relationship disappointments. The cast is on superb form.
My review: http://www.filmaluation.com/you-hurt-my-feelings.html

Scrapper film review

31/7/2023

SCRAPPER ★★★★½
Astutely judged emotionality and hilarity. Heartfelt in the best possible way. A film chock to the brim with charisma.
My review: http://www.filmaluation.com/scrapper.html

Talk to Me film review

27/7/2023

TALK TO ME ★★★★☆
The horror movie toolbox is used with skill in this taut, moving Australian fright flick. Like IT FOLLOWS, the cast are not just cannon fodder. The scenes bookending the film impress.
My review: http://www.filmaluation.com/talk-to-me.html

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One film review

9/7/2023

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE ★★★★★
A globetrotting threading of the needle. Edge-of-your-seat adrenaline and exhilaration, intimidation and dread, a rare blockbuster that is both rivetingly claustrophobic and epic. Can't wait for PART TWO, due next year.
My review: http://www.filmaluation.com/mission-impossible---dead-reckoning-part-one.html

3 Body Problem - teaser

2/7/2023

The novels are fantastic. Will the Netflix television adaptation hold a candle?

Asteroid City / The French Dispatch

29/6/2023

With THE FRENCH DISPATCH and ASTEROID CITY, the spell has been broken for me with Wes Anderson movies. These two are tired, twee, dull, verbose, and grating.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

29/6/2023

INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY ★☆☆☆☆
Even worse than KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL. Just awful. Hard to believe this was the story and supporting parts chosen. A leaden experience. Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s character annoys. Mads Mikkelsen and Antonio Banderas are given no characterisation. Out of the five INDIANA JONESes, only two are good (RAIDERS and CRUSADE).

No Hard Feelings

20/6/2023

NO HARD FEELINGS ★★☆☆☆
I gently chortled once. The rest of the runtime devoid of laughs. Formulaic, predictable, mawkish. A disappointing rom-com, with a hollow treatment of worthwhile topics.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Past Lives film review

You Hurt My Feelings - film review

Scrapper film review

Talk to Me film review

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One film review

3 Body Problem - teaser

Asteroid City / The French Dispatch

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

No Hard Feelings

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