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Boiling Point (2021)
Maybe the best British film of the century (so far)
Somehow, I managed to avoid this for two years.
Perhaps because of the TV chef shows that saturated broadcast television in the last decade.
And I am not much of a fan of "kitchen sink" or "fly on the wall" dramas, though the UK has made many of the best in history, but this, THIS, was on another level.
The stress and anxiety came right though the screen and is completely palpable and truly believable, the acting was top notch right from the start, everyone involved require high accolades and a lengthy career in acting for the sheer intensity of the natural acting performed and on display.
The one take was clearly planned meticulously and executed to perfection.
Let us talk more about that acting. Because this is ALL about acting.
Stephen Graham is the best in the business at brutal honesty and his role as Andy, the hard-pressed master chef in a troubled Michelin rated restaurant, who himself is deeply troubled with his own concerns with balancing work/family life, a large debt owed to a pretentious friend/rival and hidden alcohol & drug addiction whilst trying to run a functioning kitchen is beautifully fleshed out.
The supporting cast are also superb, some having their own little thread.
The sub-plots keep the story rolling at a high emotional level, building and building tension and concern. So, it never gets tedious. You truly feel for those under stress.
The end point is obvious from the start, you know that SOMEONE is going to die. Table 13 clearly being a red herring for what is to come.
My only problem is that Jason Flemyng plays his part too "Hollywood", that kind of broke the hyperrealism in some parts for me. But, as he is the big TV chef guy who has been poisoned by the pretentiousness of his "craft", whilst Andy is on the ground doing the work... It is understandable.
Any low ratings are clearly by bots with no emotion.
Ten out of ten!
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Oh, it's one of those, is it?
Yes, one of those.
This review does not contain spoilers, because there's nothing to spoil.
The artsy types - believing it to be the highest form of art - will give it high-number reviews and gush about its complexity and nuance, and if you don't "get it" well, it's you who's the problem.
And the high-number reviewers seem to think it exists purely for them to write pretentious prose to impress their peers and appear deep.
In many ways it reminded me of that other artsy fan club nonsense film from about five years back called "Roma".
Remember that? Same thing.
And when I say same thing, I mean:
- camera work/cinematography is more important than story
- because the story is non-existent
Ironically, as with that one, the "story" has slight references toward a civil war going on in the background, leading you to believe that this would somehow factor in at some point.
Newsflash: it does not!
You can speak well of the acting. Sure.
The fact that actors speak lines in the film whist often (not too often) using facial expressions to express emotion in the lines spoken is there, absolutely.
Shocking to realise that actors can act, is it not?
And if that impresses you maybe this is the first film you've ever seen, in which case: congratulations!
Overall, this film commits the worst crime in film-making: It's uninteresting.
Hope you enjoyed this honest review in a sea of drivel.
Everything's Gonna Be All White (2022)
To the reviewers giving this ten stars...I've got some news for you.
First and most importantly, this show is objectively full of lies, a spiteful combination of hateful "humor" and packed with propagandist education. The thing is, if you're the kind of person who would give this ten stars, you're probably already a hateful bigot. You know what else the ten star ratings and dog whistle-filled reviews have in common? The people writing them are largely who this show is intended for. It's their community being self-harmed by this nonsense.
Santa Inc. (2021)
Hateful, miserable and most of all...
Deeply unfunny!
These are the crimes levied at this production and those who are involved in it's creation.
Thankfully, the tide has well and truly turned now, what may have been considered fresh & funny 5-10 years ago is now stale & poisonous, mainly because it always was.
Thanks for reading. And have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!