Neonman
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| 83 73% | Perfect Days (2023) - Rated 16 Apr 2024
"This has to be perhaps the most Japanese film I've ever seen, despite the German director. The way it plays out and the gentle reassuring nature of it all makes it feel like a kind of Japanese proverb (one of which does appear after the end credits). If you can ease itself into its joyous wavelength, there's much to be appreciated here. It could perhaps do with a little more in its third act, something to really tie it all off, but the last scene and Yakusho's acting in it is a sight to see."
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| 73 46% | Grizzly Man (2005) - Rated 16 Apr 2024
"An astonishing man to make a doco on, no matter how you feel about him, and there's many varying feelings that could be had. Does feel padded out at some points, cutting to less interesting people and their pedestrian takes on this man, whereas seeing more raw footage of Timothy may've been better use of time (especially his profanity-filled rants)."
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| 81 66% | Club Zero (2023) - Rated 16 Apr 2024
"Throughout most of its runtime, it's constantly intriguing, in a quietly disturbing and quietly funny way. Then it gets particularly revolting, which is fun, but doesn't quite stick its landing. However, I thought this was a refreshingly unique film, talking about something I don't see in too many other films -- this upper-class fixation on social eating, and the dangerous diets and wild health theories it leads to. Wasikowska was perfect in the wacky nutritionist role."
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| 69 35% | Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) - Rated 16 Apr 2024
"Amusing parody on biopics and subversion of '60s-'80s history. This makes up some of the funnier jokes in the film, of which in total there's a decent amount. But you're quick to getting the subversion it's doing, and that soon makes some of the jokes and parodies predictable, since they're doing the opposite of what you expect (even though by now you already expect it). Probably Radcliffe's best performance -- that's not saying much at all, but he's funny."
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| 70 38% | Pizza (2000) - Rated 04 Apr 2024
"What can I say, this was a real teen fave of mine, and a big part of other millenial Aussies growing up with good ol' SBS. I gave most episodes a nostalgic re-watch recently and it's cemented itself in my nostalgia, making me more forgiving to it than I should be. Some laziness here, some lame jokes there, but overall it's a decent mix of humour that's vulgar, topical, sharp, political, and revealing of multi-cultural Australia. Most of the characters are acted with a lot of fun."
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| 81 66% | The Chaser's War on Everything (2006) - Rated 03 Apr 2024
"Looking back on this teen fave of mine is intriguing, given how dated the politics are now (and how nostalgic they can be). But I was surprised at how sharp quite a lot of the humour was, especially how confronting they could be with politicians when they run up and bombard them. Certainly an edgy show, so much so they got arrested (twice), and although it unfortunately wore itself thin and blunt, it took a while to get to that stage."
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| 48 6% | Origin (2023) - Rated 01 Apr 2024
"A lofty ambition, with a great performance guiding it. That's the nicest thing I can say about this train-wreck, that most times feels self-sabotaging. It's simply not engaging to watch a character piece together a thesis, especially when it's in a film that's so damn emotionally, narratively, and thematically inert and confused. Its extremely limited scope of historical injustices are compared and edited together in bad taste (with the Trayvon Martin case downright deceitfully portrayed)."
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| 84 77% | Love Lies Bleeding (2024) - Rated 01 Apr 2024
"Feels tailor-made to the young A24 crowd, with its coolness, violence, and emotional intensity. But it's remarkably well made, helped by the heart-felt romance at its centre. Stewart ain't too great, but O'Brian does wonders in her emotional and physical performance. A movie with many fun ingredients, and feels simultaneously more human and more misanthropic as it concludes. My favorite 'lesbians on the lam' film of 2024."
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| 51 7% | Drive-Away Dolls (2024) - Rated 01 Apr 2024
"Both Coen bros have each achieved career lows with their solo films. Some jokes do land, and the two hitmen feel closer to that Coen bros quirkiness, but the rest of the film feels like a Nickelodeon show, though with more lesbian sex scenes. The central couple experience no growth or characterisation as they shriek their way through this film of an uncaring nature, contrived plot, and annoying scene transitions. My least favorite 'lesbians on the lam' film of 2024."
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| 78 58% | Streetwise (1984) - Rated 31 Mar 2024
"A good and earnest collection of Portland destitutes -- despite all the guys being scam artists and all the girls being prostitutes, there's still a diversity in style and temperament between them all, and it's fascinating to witness young people who grew up quick. A bit too all over the place to begin with, but becomes more solidified as it goes on. I'd been meaning to watch this since I heard parts of it sampled in The Avalanches' excellent album Wildflower."
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