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One of the latest films to be released in a post-pandemic world, Palm Springs is a delight. The film takes places in Palm Springs, where Sarah (Cristin Miloti) is attending her sister’s wedding. An incident with a rogue guest, Nyles (Andy Samberg) leads to a time loop. While this will not be a new concept to audiences,
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Rating 5/5 Animation, Adventure, Comedy The thing about Pixar films is that they always have a very simple plot line. Storks is about (you guessed it) storks and their “upgrade” into a retail company after a mishap with handling babies. This mishap ended in the breaking of the carrier, which has the address info, and
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Rating: 4.5/5 Action, Adventure, Comedy One of many female-centred films that came out last year, The Spy Who Dumped Me is a new twist on the genre. Audrey (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon) are unwilling participants who have to deliver a plastic trophy on orders from Audrey’s ex-boyfriend, the titular spy, Drew (Justin Theroux).
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Rating: 3.5 stars Comedy, Drama, Romance Where do I start with this? The Big Sick is an Amazon Original film, and features Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan in the lead roles. It’s a love story that is strongly inspired by real life events – writers Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon’s love story. As much as
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Rating 5/5 Comedy, Romance Easily the most anticipated movie of the year, Crazy Rich Asians has done a brilliant job in all regards. First of all, congratulations to Crazy Rich Asians on being one of the first Hollywood movies to have an all-Asian cast! And, the majority of the film takes place (and was filmed in)
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2 stars Romantic Comedy Home Again was advertised as a modern rom-com, one where a single mum, played by Reese Witherspoon, has just turned 40 and has a romantic relationship with someone who is 15 years her junior (Pico Alexander). When I decided to watch this, I was after a traditional rom-com. A simple plot,
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5 stars Comedy, Drama, History Some context: I haven’t read much Shakespeare and that includes Romeo and Juliet which is what this film is inspired by. Even so, it’s easy to get caught up in the stories that are running parallel to each other; both the play that Will is writing (which turns out to
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2.5 stars Comedy, Drama, Romance Table 19 is a comedy/drama about Table 19 – the table at a wedding that has the unimportant people, the ones that the bride and groom don’t even remember. The film takes place over the wedding day and delves a surprising amount into each character’s background. Anna Kendrick is arguably
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FILM REVIEW 3 stars Action, Crime Full disclosure: I tried to watch this once a couple of years ago and 5 minutes in, I decided I had better things I could watch. My opinion has definitely changed (not least evidenced by the fact that I actually sat through the whole movie this time). Kick-Ass follows
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FILM REVIEW 3.5 stars Scifi, Comedy Attack the Block opens with a group of working class teenagers, roaming around south London until they decide to rob Sam (Jodie Whittaker). In the middle of this attempted robbery, an alien falls down from the sky. Tension-fuelled action ensues but the most interesting part of this film lies
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