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The ending of The Father

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Extremely spoilery. My review is here. The Father is about the fear and dislocation of ageing and dementia, and what identity means when memory has gone. I’m not sure it’s meant to be explained; rather that the sense of being adrift in a newly changing world be felt just as acutely by us the audience… The ending of The Father Read More

Caring capitalism: the I Care A Lot ending explained

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Don’t say I don’t care about you lot – very spoilery. (My four-star review is here.) “Even sadistic, immoral assholes get old”, says Marla referring to Jennifer, who clearly has a dodgy past (or present). But sadistic, immoral asshole Marla does not get that chance. Capitalism does triumph at the end. Marla and Roman Lunyov… Caring capitalism: the I Care A Lot ending explained Read More

Witch watch: The Reckoning ending explained

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Naturally this is spoilery about the full-on ending (and a couple of other things). My review is here if you want to read it. I am not a monster so I am not going to make you read the whole article to discover that, yes, adorable baby Abi SURVIVES. I know films don’t usually kill… Witch watch: The Reckoning ending explained Read More

The wonder of Willy’s Wonderland

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Very spoilery, if you don’t already know that children’s parties tend to end in mayhem. (My review of the film is here.) “He’s not trapped in here with them – they’re trapped in here with him!” If you after the kind of lockdown palate cleanser that burns off the whole inside of your mouth then… The wonder of Willy’s Wonderland Read More

The News Of The World, trying to get a nation to talk to itself

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All the news about News Of The World that’s fit to print, and no sidebar of shame. Warning: very spoilery about the ending! My four-star review of the film is here. Arthur Miller said “A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself,” and Captain Kyle Kidd, the ageing, war-weary storyteller who travels… The News Of The World, trying to get a nation to talk to itself Read More

Saint Maud: sex and death and God and souls

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You prayed for spoilers and here they are. Very spoilery about Saint Maud and its shocking ending. Religion, sex and death is one of the ultimate horror threesomes, and Saint Maud brings them together in a devastating exploration of the effects of one woman’s breakdown. “No one sees what they don’t want to,” says the… Saint Maud: sex and death and God and souls Read More

Greenland’s UK date of doom announced! Watch the trailer now

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Finally Gerard Butler’s excellent disasteroid / cometastrophe film Greenland has a UK release date. The Amazon Exclusive is out on Prime Video on 5 February – and it’s the perfect pandemic distraction, if like me your first movie watch when Lockdown 1.0 loomed last spring was Contagion. The film follows John Garrity (Butler), his wife… Greenland’s UK date of doom announced! Watch the trailer now Read More

Pieces Of A Woman: the final bit of the jigsaw

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Warning: very spoilery about the end of the film – if you want to read my review instead, it’s here. Pieces Of A Woman is about Martha navigating her grief when her baby dies, and part of that is about her regaining control after the birth. Births are often unpredictable but she had tried to… Pieces Of A Woman: the final bit of the jigsaw Read More

The Blithe Spirit remake and the ghosts of movies past

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Extremely spoilery about both Blithe Spirits and you’ll also have to simply accept that ghosts are real. (My review of the new Blithe Spirit film is here.) To misquote Princess Di, “there were three people in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded”. None of the three in Blithe Spirit (1945) or Blithe Spirit… The Blithe Spirit remake and the ghosts of movies past Read More

Locked Down ending: from hedgies & homebaking to the Harris diamond, what happened?

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Very spoilery! Edgar Allan Poe may have said “There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told,” but not here. (Or read my review.) “Freedom Linda, in one beautiful moment,” says Paxton as the stand in Harrods, dithering over whether to swap the fake diamond with the real one she’s supposed to be… Locked Down ending: from hedgies & homebaking to the Harris diamond, what happened? Read More

Holy BeeGees-us! My journey from eh? to bee

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It happened so quickly. One day I was watching Frank Marshall’s new Bee Gees documentary for the first time, coming to it with a rough memory of their disco years coupled with a vague understanding of a half-life before and after, culminating in them walking out of a 1997 interview with hilarious chat show host… Holy BeeGees-us! My journey from eh? to bee Read More