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Summed up, Mike Flanagan made a deep, multilayered yet beautiful film about the value of life. It's really hard to explain but Flanagan does not waste a single shot. There is a narration throughout the movie, yet right from 'Act Three,' everything seen and experienced unfolds perfectly in 'Act One.' Ejiofor & Gillan are fantastic in Act Three but if The Life of Chuck is to be nominated for anything, it has to be the sound. From the cosmic elements in 'Act Three' to the dancing scenes in 'Acts Two & One,' Flanagan did an exceptional job incorporating the sound throughout.

Of course, everyone was focusing on Hiddleston and his character, but Tom even mentioned it was really a team effort in Act Two and Annalise Basso, Hiddleston's dance partner in Act Two, and Taylor Gordon (who is in the credits as The Pocket Queen), the busker, all three combined with their choreographers Mandy Moore & Stephanie Powell really make the dance scene sing. Taylor Gordon is a talent in herself in her brief, but excellent role.

What surprised me was how Act One was with young Chuck and no one talks about how excellent the kids were. Their performances were just as brilliant as the adults, if not more so when young Chuck receives a very haunting monologue from his grandfather (an unbelievable Mark Hamill) about certain choices in life. Act One really helps put the puzzle together that was Act Three, where the cosmic elements can be off-putting, but it all serves a purpose. Stephen King is right when he says The Life of Chuck is one of the good ones. The spirit and energy is felt from beginning to end, and with all on board performances giving their best, Flanagan is further establishing himself as one of contemporary's greater directors.

One thing I will say is The Life of Chuck is dedicated In Memory to Scott Wampler. And there are a few cameos in The Life of Chuck but Scott's inclusion just tugged me right at the heart. Great film.

Entertaining, if overly dramatic, horror film of a home sharing stay over gone horribly wrong. Who knows what horrors occurred at the place you are staying at? How safe is that neighbourhood where you booked? Who knows what kind of person that owns the place you're spending the night? Barbarian takes what could be taken for granted, or maybe not research thoroughly enough and gives a terrifying spin, complete with monsters to boot.

Great acting all around. Thumbs up to Campbell, Long & Skarsgård for taking otherwise dull excanges and giving them more heft. Kudos to the direction as well. Barbarian is a more visual film with some great tunnel sequences, plus a fantastic final shot. The effort to overcome a humdrum script and some unnecessary and ridiculous scenes (the cop scenes, really?), has Barbarian standing above others as one horror film to recommend.

Another episode where Boba Fett takes a back seat to Mandalorian's world as we catch up on so many characters. Absolutely brisk pace of a show suffers only because there is just too much that could have been more deeply explored. Great lessons, great conversations and a great cliffhanger altogether.

Cobb Vanth lets his presence known to the Pyke Syndicate, meanwhile Mando finds Grogu to check up on him.

Have to hand it to the writers for thinking the problem with The Book of Boba Fett was there was too much Boba Fett. They could have made a whole episode on Grogu's training and it would have not been a bad thing. Impressive how they have made him move along the story as well. Just an overall thumbs up to the episode.