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Bridesmaids

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“I’ve seen better tennis playing in a tampon commercial.”

A fun ride, Kristen Wiig is spectacularly talented, even if the gross and cringe cards get played a little too often, this is far better than most of the male-centric comedies in the same space.

★★★★✩

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

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“To see your world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, An eternity in an hour. William Blake.”

12 year old me LOVED this movie; 25 year old me thinks it’s pretty bad but Jolie is incredibly watchable.

★★★✩✩

Headhunters (Hodejegerne)

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“Sooner or later one of two things has to happen.  You will find a work of art so valuable you don’t have to worry about anything.  Or you will get caught.”

A dark and unrepentant thriller with an undercurrent of wit, it’s almost Coen-esque in it’s zaniness; thoroughly enjoyable.

★★★★✩

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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“Famed is thy beauty, Majesty. But hold, a lovely maid I see. Rags cannot hide her gentle grace. Alas, she is more fair than thee.”

Elegantly and timelessly charming, I find it oddly soothing and reassuring, and one that has aged perfectly nearly eighty years later.

★★★★✩

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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“If everything’s ready here on the Dark Side of the Moon… play the five tones.”

The film-making here is spectacular, it’s a great watch even if the effects don’t hold up and it puts you off mashed potato.

★★★★✩

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