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It's had some lukewarm reviews but I'm just back from the cinema after watching Ethan Coen's Drive-Away Dolls. After a sluggish start, once the girls hit the road the laughs increase, and by the final third I was often laughing out loud.

Fun adult humour and with a running time of just 83 minutes it doesn't outstay its welcome. Always great to see Bill Camp and Colman Domingo turn up, two quality actors who seem to be very busy right now.

Mind you. It's the opening weekend here in the UK, and at my 4pm Sunday screening there were only five of us watching. I still think though that over time, this will get far more appreciation, cult status awaits!

Saw Oppenheimer today on an IMAX screen. I'm an emotional wreck but also buzzing with delight! Finally we get an intelligent, mature film for grown-ups, with scientific wonder, espionage intrigue & political drama all In one. Superb ensemble acting & production. Nolan's pinnacle.

One reviewer said they found it a bit too conversation heavy, but for me that's no problem. All The President's Men, The Conversation and JFK are all 'talk-heavy' and I loved those too.

I appreciate why many folks found Inception, Tenet & Interstellar a bit hard to follow, but I don't think this is as much of a head scratcher. Yes we jump back & forth across a few time periods in Oppenheimer's life, but once we've seen them all (only 4 or 5), it's fine.

I sat in the front row of the IMAX cinema so I could feel like I was absorbed into the film. The sound design is bloody amazing and during a few moments it thumped through my body, it felt wonderful! Superb music score by Ludwig Göransson too.

If there's any justice in the acting awards season, whenever they start, Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr deserve a stack of nominations, two particularly outstanding performances in a film crammed full of impressive acting displays. I was also absolutely delighted to see Tom Conti back on the big screen, this time as Albert Einstein. A superb actor who I've admired for decades. I'd avoid any reviews if you want surprises on which actors turn up, that weren't featured in the trailer. A couple of unexpected cameos were lovely to see!

Overall a 10/10 production, bloody loved it, going back for a 2nd viewing on IMAX after my next payday!

Watched this cretinous film for the first and last time last night. A truly vile movie, full of moronic, thuggish characters, engaging in a non-stop procession of extreme violence. Reprehensible garbage which celebrates the worst of humanity with sadistic glee.

Football hooligans and gangsters are utter knuckle-dragging scum, and this absolute turd is by far the worst British film I've seen over the last fifty years. Giving it 1/10 isn't low enough for this embarrassing production. Avoid.