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  Oppenheimer 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 28 Jul 2023

  Saw this in IMAX and it was the sound design that shook me - I can still feel it rattling under my feet.
  A riveting biography of a complex individual and a career-best performance from Murphy.

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  Barbie 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Jul 2023

  Even funnier and smarter than I expected. A hilarious Gosling will get all the praise but Margot Robbie deserves huge credit - I can't imagine anybody else anchoring the film as well as she did.
  The third act was a bit of a jumble but the last line - *chef's kiss

Popular reviews

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  Joyride 2022

  ★ Watched 29 Jul 2022

  Oh no. I try my best to stay positive around here, especially when it comes to Irish films, but I'm afraid I can't find anything good to say about this one.

  The whole thing is so implausible, the tone is uneven and misjudged. Every joke falls flat - the only laughable aspect is the gaping plotholes.

  Not even the great Olivia Colman can rescue this, and the less said about her ropey Irish accent, the better.

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  The Banshees of Inisherin 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 13 Oct 2022

  I saw this one at the London Film Festival and it brought the house down. It's an extremely Irish film so I was wondering if all the jokes would land, but the audience revelled in every glorious minute of it.

  The story works well as a metaphor for the Irish Civil War. Here are two men who are as close as family. But they take different sides, things escalate, and events that can never be reversed unfold.

  It starts off…

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