S’okay. It has at least one perfect joke. It’s dreadfully on the nose in most parts and incoherent in others, which is fine really, but I wish they got even campier with it if they didn’t want to go for thoughtful nuance. And I like Anya Taylor-Joy as an actor and, you know, just a person to look at, but tbh it was a bit of a casting error to pick someone who—whatever the truth is or isn’t—does not look like they’ve eaten a cheeseburger in more than a decade. Nicholas Hoult still doing his dummy thing to great effect, and Hong Chau is a standout.
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The Banshees of Inisherin 2022
I can't give this a rating because I feel quietly destroyed by this film and its outlook, which is maybe a good thing in terms of "art" or whatever and deserves four or even five stars but, emotionally it's a one.
This is about how life strips you of everything, how other people strip you of everything, or more probably how you strip yourself of everything, until you become just a bitter old man with a blood feud on another…
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The Card Counter 2021
The first and only time I have ever even been in a casino was in 2019 (I had 20.00 and lost it all in one slot go). Despite that, the surroundings of The Card Counter felt intensely familiar thanks to a childhood spent following my mom around to conformation dog shows. Unless it's a summer show with nice weather, they're all in these huge dim-lit exhibition halls located in the third- or fourth-smallest town of the surrounding area. You see…
