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• Beetlejuice

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  Wholesome Americana meets dark camp in one of Tim Burton's earlier films. All the performances are great and nobody has ever made the afterlife look quite so bizarre and unappealing as Burton (though some of the special effects look pretty dated).…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blink Twice

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  Feels similar to 'Get Out" initially but transforms into something else entirely. Creepy, trippy and brutal in equal measure it explores themes of manipulation, power, control and gaslighting as well as the power in female solidarity.

• Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club

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  These best mates are on a mission to find love somewhere – anywhere – in Aotearoa. I would watch Bryn & Kura do anything together as a show; house reno, dog grooming, competitive pigeon racing. Any of it. They are wonderfully vulnerable but also…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Godzilla Minus One

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  Where effects-laden monster movies often fail is in crafting a story where you genuinely care about what happens to the human characters - this movie absolutely nails it so that the peril the characters are in is made so much more gripping. A…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kanopy - Normal People

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  I'm more than a bit late to this one. Based on Sally Rooney's novel this series is by turns, sexy, heartbreaking, and frustrating and made stars of its two leads. Love a show that's a half hour episode!

• The nightingale

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  Racism, classism, misogyny and colonisation all feature heavily in this brutal and violent revenge tale that follows an Irish convict woman's struggle to stay alive and seek revenge on the English soldiers who destroyed her life. She hires an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pride & Prejudice

  Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

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  I gave this a 20th anniversary rewatch and it's still quality. *flexes hand*

• A Quiet Place

  Day One

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  The thing that the previous two Quiet Place films have got right is the combination of frights and tension combined with a very human drama in which we see the characters connect and relate with each other so the stakes are that much higher when…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Substance

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  It's an absolutely wild ride when Demi Moore's preternaturally well preserved Elisabeth Sparkle struggles in the aftermath of turning 50 aka reaching her "expiry date". The Faustian bargain she enters into is full on OTT body horror that you are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Town

  Hogan, Chuck, 1967-

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  I like a movie with a heist and this has several! It is my unpopular take that Ben Affleck makes consistently good movies and this is no exception. Come for the "Bahstin" accents, stay for Pete Postlethwaite in a small but pivotal role.

• Wicked Little Letters

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  Two women in neighbouring houses fall out and somebody's going to jail when poison pen letters start arriving through the mail slot of the morally upright, Edith (Olivia Colman). It's obvious her foul-mouthed neighbour Rose (Jessie Buckley) is…Read moreRead more of this annotation