TST Film Review Thread

[Plastic Person]

Train Dreams

Seemingly dumped onto Netflix last week with zero fanfare. However its very much being talked up as an awards contender.

It's that curious time of year in which Netflix is desperately attempting to secure prestige awards nominations, suddenly swapping out 'Is It Cake?' for this and Richard Linklater's 'Nouvelle Vague' or Seymour Hersh's upcoming 'Cover Up' doc on political corruption.

 

[John_P]

It's that curious time of year in which Netflix is desperately attempting to secure prestige awards nominations, suddenly swapping out 'Is It Cake?' for this and Richard Linklater's 'Nouvelle Vague' or Seymour Hersh's upcoming 'Cover Up' doc on political corruption.

It's a pain as they get such a limited theatrical release. The new Knives Out/Benoit Blanc film is out now but not at my local cinema which I pay for an annual pass to see everything, so if I want to see it I'll need to pay another cinema.

 

[John_P]

Zootopia/Zootropolis 2

Taking place shortly after the events of the first time this sees Hopps and Wilde back in action.

Again a really fantastic bit of world building, and I really liked the new character Gary The Snake, the first to visit the town in 100 years.

It's very fast paced and filled with jokes but I felt it could've done with slowing down at times to develop character a bit more.

A slight step down from the original but still lots to enjoy. I had an absolute ball with some of the film references they'd scattered across the film.