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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

Enjoyable but you need to understand the back story.

[8/10 · 23 May 2020]

Some will say that this is an over long film that lacks a plot, and without some knowledge of the Tate-LaBianca murders I can see why that may be the case.

But, if you understand the backdrop you will realise Tarantino brilliantly uses the first 2 hours of the movie to lay the foundations to a big question - what if Tex Watson, Susan Atkins, and Patricia Krenwinkel (the 3 who committed the murders in real life) went to the wrong house?

What if they stumbled across characters like Rick (DeCaprio) and Cliff (Pitt) on that fateful night instead?

The answer is a compelling, funny and moving last 30 minutes of the film.

The cinematography and acting is also top class.

Dolittle (2020)

It's a WELSH accent NOT ENGLISH!

[7/10 · 12 April 2020]

Had to write a brief review as the level of ignorance regarding RDJ's accent is astounding.

As a Welshman I can say his attempt at a Welsh accent is not a bad effort at all. Like many places around the UK we have regional variaions but RDJ does a passable version of a South Wales Valleys accent and that is no mean feat.

As far as the plot is concerned you have to remember this is a family film that's full of CGI animals. Was it great? Not quite - but there was enough fun to enjoy if you could get past the the initial shock that Dolittle wasn't from England.

Sadly it seems this was too far out of some peoples comfort zones and because of that they missed the hidden meanings of the film which circled around friends and friendship.