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Event biopic (?) of the GameStop penny stock explosion bringing a seemingly ludicrous story to life only to reveal that it was pretty accurate. Jaw dropping in concept and something which doesn’t bear thinking about too much before you start wondering why you bother going to work at all. Damaged for me by a massive…
Enjoyable piece centering around the relative shoe minnow Nike’s campaign to woo Michael Jordan as their figurehead basketball star. I love watching Affleck/Damon at work, with their easy friendship stretching back decades – and the addition of Jason Bateman was a wonderful extra bit of seasoning. Couldn’t help but notice though how for what was…
What a weird film! I think we got drawn into this by seeing Alexander Skarsgard on a chat show and selling the idea so fully. And yet when you watch it you find yourself thinking, “Well, this isn’t what I thought this was going to be”. Great prodiction values for an epic story – however…
Bit of intense war drama here: and definitely not a PR piece for the allies, with Jeremy Irons’s Chamberlain coming across as something of a tit. Some nice stuff about adolescent bonding overcoming contemporary politics and a few nice tense moments to pique the interest.
Not that I’m hugely clued in on Hollywood these days, but I wondered how I’d never heard of this given the people involved – but it turns out it’s one of those where they swap directors part way through, artistic differences, blah blah blah… in the end it was an interesting story told in a…
Does Mark Ruffalo ONLY act in films about uncovering large conspiracies? This one’s about systemic child abuse by the Catholic church, along with the institutional coverup orchestrated by its hierarchy – Australians would no doubt be familiar with Cardinal George Pell. Well-told story, but sickening topic matter. Totally infuriating that it ever went on, and…
Well, THIS was frigging bleak. Captivating, and definitely a vehicle to send you through an emotional wringer – but incredibly well-assembled. The Sisyphean task of taking on Du Pont is a narrative that rings true from other similar stories I’ve heard (Marlboro/tobacco lobby, Union Carbide/Bhopal) where Giant Corporation rides roughshod over the health of local…