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Leave the World Behind (2023)
Saved by the Teslas
This film is fine but ultimately disappointing because after setting up an interesting scenario it does very little with it. I feel cheated by the final scene and very much hope it was not just intended to allow a sequel. I thought all the performances were fine. George's daughter Ruth, played by Myha'la, was a little spiky, unpleasant and surprising but all the more interesting for it. I don't know if the scene with the oil tanker was meant to be so unrealistic but it worked for me whereas the jet aircraft scene did not. I thought the Tesla scene was hilarious and brilliant and it will be my lasting positive memory of the movie.
The Lazarus Project (2022)
Ponderous start with good finale
Good concept almost ruined by ponderous mid-season delivery. Season 1 would have been better as four or maybe six episodes rather than eight. More pace throughout would have helped bridge some of the absurdity. Interesting and good that the science fiction structure is used wholly to develop character and not to indulge in any gadget chic. No Q from James Bond here!
I thought Archie, West, Rebrov and Shiv were well cast and played. George less so: too much use of the "rabbit caught in the headlights" list.
Still, pace picks up and the final episode of season 1 brought a lot of threads together, added some new plotlnes, and left me keen to watch season 2. Bring it on!
Wild Rose (2018)
Cinema perfection
Low key, but brilliant. Fantastic advert for UK cinema. Jessie Buckley, and especially Julie Walters, are outstanding. Please just watch this film, and encourage others to do the same.
Ad Astra (2019)
Beautiful but stupid and ponderous
Looks great, especially at the start, and that carried me along to the Moon. After that I was inexorably pulled under by tedium and ridiculous plot lines. So much promise spoilt. Don't bother with this waste of a movie.