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Not at all special for Wes Anderson, but incredibly enjoyable nonetheless. I think my main complaint is that none of the characters felt particularly fleshed out, but I laughed a lot and it looked great.

Paul Giamatti really stole the show for me this time around. I’ve tasted other cocoas. This is the best. And I’ve watch other films, but THIS is one of the best.

Incredibly successful in what they were trying to do. A win for intention. Also a win for people who love student film style lighting (unfortunately not me). But the tenth time he said ‘rub your tummy or I’ll think you’re an asshole’ I felt like the guy who walked out an hour-ish in. Real question: is the celeb some kind of supernatural figure ??? is this based on a folk tale?

Perfect ending and glad Brooke Windham was back. Just a bit less silly fun than the first though

Imagine calling your FBI detectives Ween and Shrek

My favourite trope everrrr. Definitely didn’t do it the best but the cinematography was fun and I giggled the hell out of ‘YOU eat the rat’ or whatever he said while shoving that rat in his face. Disappointed in myself for how long it took me to realise what was actually happening.

I can’t lie that it was very pretty. But oh my god, this film has no idea what the purpose of a SINGLE one of its themes is. Also, I’d classify that as rape. I guess the BBFC doesn’t, but I do.

Surely it’s the marriage of SUSANNA…. no??? also confused as to why figaro’s actor said the part was in English…. Does’t fucking sound like it did I misinterpret him or was he just stupid on live? Anyway this was actually really funny if only tiny bit dull at times

Proud of myself for recognising that guy from 12 angry men

Watched on Monday April 21, 2025.

They turned Neil Perry into a fucking penguin

This review may contain spoilers.

Guiltily watched on the plane because I won’t be able to see it in person tomorrow :( but I liked it a lot I am very glad that it TOTALLY stuck to the premise? Especially the scene where he goes to the beach to use the sand to exfoliate showing jut how desperate he is not to let go of all he’s worked for. However I do have to say just how much I was like ‘brother?? THATS HIS BROTHER’ the second we saw anyone who could be his brother because the film made it SO obvious that we were going to do that. Similarly with the doctor at the end I just feel like it was very predictable. But that isn’t REALLY a complaint it’s just something to point out.

It’s so crazy that young offenders is real but it’s NI and they rap. And THATS the nonfiction story.

I REALLY LIKED IT I really did like this a lot. And I was right it SHOULD have been best picture out of the options.

Someone should have killed that kid actually I hate that kid. Sadly an example of when being respectful of the source material actually does NOT work. But that’s just a theory…….. (Thank you NowTV SkyCinema Live. Also this was missing my favourite Toreador cover)

I loved the looking into the camera and the random stand up comedy. I didn’t love the square stage. I liked that most of the actors were actually Scottish god bless but it made Lady Macbeth uncomfortably English. I really enjoyed myself, great production, but not my favourite from National Theatre Live.

I had a good time and laughed a lot. And felt pretty bad for her! Hence (perhaps temporary) 4 stars. I have mixed feelings on a fact that a MAN wrote some of the scenes. If it means what I want it to mean, then sure decent! If not? Aaaaaghh. Ok. Maybe it’s bad. But I did genuinely enjoy myself basically the whole time. Igor hell yeah bald king. Best picture? Hmm. Hmmmm……

Watched on Saturday March 1, 2025.

Awful…… I cried 5 times! I love you Mark Darcy and I know you better than ANY character in this film. References the first film too much to ever be able to be thought of as a unique story.

INSANNEEE BETH CATERED FILM also the cast is crazyyy. Also it took until like half way maybe over half way to realise she was blind I thought she could just see people’s auras.

Kind of upset that I actually thought most of this film was good because the epilogue was so utterly dreadful + the title theme SUCKS I felt second hand embarrassment every time it played. Generally I think the score needs a huge shift because I know what they were trying to do but they failed. Get some music concrète in here !!! Other complaints AI yada but overall pleasing and a lot more story than I expected from the description

Negatives: I was bright red with steam coming out of my ears for a lot of this film because what an AWFUL person oh my god. They are both dirty rotten cheaters and deserve no good things. AND Jack Black’s character was mean to Belle and Sebastian. 

Positives: I LOOOVE lists lists lists lists :) let’s make a list let’s take a quiz let’s talk about media. so much fun lists! and Belle and Sebastian mentioned!! And also it was just a good film overall.

I had a very good time. Nothing special or game changing but I think it looked GOOD and it was SO funny in all the right ways… when Willem brought out the mallet… also vampire film with themes of csa perfect for my academics yessir! only gripe is Ellen’s line delivery did sometimes fall flat :(

I did get it. I liked it too. But watching I felt like something was just missing to me. Probably no one’s fault but my own. Looked BRILLIANT (although one bit was quite analog horror YouTube… embarrassing)

Never in my entire life could I have guessed what this film would be until the very end of the film. I am actually so glad that I didn’t see this in cinema so that I could react to it in the way that I did.

I had a really hard time with Reece Shearsmith not being hot and sexy and gorgeous in this

This was very naughty of me because I told my family it wasn’t that sad to convince them to watch it

So insanely good but I didn’t know that it was going to be the exact same proshot that I saw last year. So I am somewhat disappointed. Anyway I think its really cool that dance of the wooden flutes is Clara’s favourite because it’s also MY favourite :)

‘Couples’s fights’ is when you have opposing opinions on a film. Personally I thought that this was SO good and it made me cry. It wasn’t ever boring and everything had a purpose. If you didn’t get it just sayyy that that’s not the film’s fault that is on you.

SINGLE BEST SINGLE FRAME SHOT EVER MAYBE? also our theories for the dad were wayyyy off and very harsh sorry Frank. Trigger warning EYES EYES EYES OH MY GOD EYES.

How is that NOT Emma Stone also SO much nudity that I did not expect

Little Evan was so good in this also it made me cry :( this was sooo good the themes and everything paying off !!! wacky at times but how do you make Aliens in a well-lit setting look good let’s be for real.

While I hate young children and bad things happening to animals, I enjoyed this far more than I thought I would. While it wasn’t for me, I think almost everything was done in the right way. I thought that Adam’s character loving her child but not loving being a parent, but then finding a way to make it enjoyable for herself AND her child was very sweet. I also love dogs woof woof woof! OH!!!! And her art as an artist character was GENUINELY good. Which is usually something that pisses me off so much about artist characters, because very little work is put into giving them a unique while still attractive art style. But this film did it!! 

I didn’t necessarily enjoy Nightbitch, but at the end of the day I think they made the film that they wanted to make and they did it well. Too bad I kept cringing every time a child did anything, which was most of it.

Despite the fact this was simply ‘okay’ and I was able to predict everything that happened before stepping foot in the cinema, I still had a good time.

Watched on Friday November 15, 2024.

Yeah it was alright! Actually felt very fast. I think that was a good thing.

Stronberry lases………. Yeah…..

This would have been an amazing short film (I closed my eyes for the fingernail)

Turns out I knew nothing about this film but I gasped out loud at Jodie Foster. What the fuuuck

You KNOW when the engineer comes on stage you’re about to get a TUNE 🗣️🗣️🗣️

Cried :( but also why are the uncle and aunt just left hanging like that they must be TERRIFIED and so they should be!

Evan was convinced he wasn’t going to like it. OBVIOUSLY he was WRONG

It was a little bit Keating’s fault I cannot lie. Not defending Cameron but why why why would he say there was no other option.

Anyway this film makes me so dysphoric that it’s a little bit insane. That could have been me!

Dead Prisoners Society hit almost all the marks (I wouldn’t have played Hamlet that way. Not any of the ways they did. Actually the one that he was told wasn’t him playing Hamlet but himself felt the most accurate to Hamlet’s suicidal position for the soliloquy imo. And I can see why Divine G didn’t get the role because who acts smug when contemplating killing themselves sorry)

Very standard documentary. Very moving story, you feel good for the guys in it. But they didn’t do anything new, and that lead to it all feeling incredibly expected. I was never left interested in where the doc would go or what would happen to the people in it. Also that one guy looks so much like Little Alex Horne

This was such a good time. The concept scared me cause I hate stuff happening to babies but it was so sweet and very funny.

Can’t lie I’ve not read the book so I can’t compare it but I had a good time. I’m a bit too stupid to GET spy/Cold War films but it doesn’t stop from liking them. Understanding… would it help? (little Cold War film joke for you there)

Intense conversations happened about the imagery of scaffolding. Why is it called 8½?

Welled up a couple of times. The score was GORGEOUS. In love with the dad, terrified of the cat bus… Mei is just like rudyard (my cat)

Beth's all-time favourite films.

1. Dead Poets Society
2. Muppets Most Wanted
3. Shallow Grave
4. Blue Velvet
5. The Truman Show
6. The Holdovers
7. Billy Elliot
8. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
9. After Hours
10. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

New releases in 2025 (or 2024 that I only saw in 2025) I quite enjoyed

• Nosferatu
• Conclave
• Anora
• Kneecap

(New) films watched in 2024 that get a yes

• Poor Things
• The Holdovers
• Priscilla
• One Life
• Monkey Man
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Wicked Little Letters
• La Chimera
• Challengers
• That They May Face the Rising Sun

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

(New) films I watched in 2023 that I say yes to

• Oppenheimer
• Asteroid City
• Bottoms
• May December
• Past Lives
• The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
• Dance First