The 90s film as a mood board, all empty head aesthetics. Woods and Roberts give it juice but the lack of chemistry between Stallone and Stone is in Siberia territory. A pity as they try hard but it falls down on it.
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 1989
Effects work that still looks incredible, not particularly annoying kids and done thrilling 'jungle' scenes add to great work from Moranis and Frewer. A lot of fun.
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Killers of the Flower Moon 2023
There is a brilliant 90 minute film in the middle that takes in corporate greed, original sin and a low level insidiousness that is breathtaking. There are even Malickian flourishes. It's a bit of a mess outside of that alas. Gladstone is the shocked, bruised heart and deserves awards glory.
The lads are grand (when DiCaprio stops mugging he is great, de Niro is Colonel Sanders and a lot of malevolent fun). I even liked the ending but the proceeding…
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Under the Skin 2013
This is a film that is hard to review. There is a LOT going on here. There is a stunning sound design that really throws you off kilter. Add to this several quite uncomfortable scenes that are very quesy and disturbing. The first hour is the film at its best, freewheeling along in a loose way. There is a more conventional narrative turn in the second half which loses some of the tension which to be honest was entirely necessary.…