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Amsterdam (2022)
Badly wanted to love this film but ...
Loved the cast, the costumes and the ambition but something wasn't quite working for me. The characterisations bordered on the surreal and the sequence of events was hard to follow. I also struggled to place exactly when some of the 'between the wars' scenes were being set
However, the make up used to represent the horrors of the Great War was brilliantly done (right down to the glass eye of the main protagonist played by Christian Bale) and the artworks done by Margot Robbie as Valerie Voze had a period authenticity.
All things considered, I'm glad to have seen it. Elements of the film will stick with me and i will definitely discuss it with film fanatic friends.
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies (2023)
Surprisingly credible and funny
The main female characters, Alice (the ex-wife) and Caroline (the author), both manage to come across as being intelligent and credible, as well as slightly gullible at the same time.
For various reasons, they are both fascinated by Rob, a celebrated Oxford PhD and eco-warrior who seems too good to be true. Is he really as good as he seems? Initially he comes across as respected, ethical, and caring, but cracks start to appear - the question is, are the cracks due to his behaviour or that of the two key women in his life?
It's not serious, although the subject matter obviously is. There's also a nice over the top ending for this black comedy.
Enola Holmes (2020)
A different take on Holmes
'Millie Bobby Brown ('Eleven' from Stranger Things) plays Sherlock's younger sister who sets out on an adventure to find their mother. Nice bit of teen feminism and if I was eleven or thereabouts I would have absolutely adored it!
The Kitchen (2019)
Knives are out in Hell's Kitchen
Criminal gangs fight it out in 1978 Hell's Kitchen. When the ladies take over the body count is higher than glasses of Prosecco on a Friday night. Good watch.