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From aesthetically pleasing color grading, vivid set pieces, a dazzling cast and a unique filmography, there is no doubt that Wes Anderson is a director with a vision. One that has the distinct ability to paint a beautiful and scenic picture.  Knowing nothing besides the gushing public opinion regarding his film making and their content, it would come as no surprise that I was looking for the chance to watch his work.  And the opportunity, I came to me when I got a reminder from Netflix of a movie I had, long before, put a notification for: The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar. You can imagine my surprise and consecutive excitement for it.  I can only now after watching the film and later seeing a good half of The Grand Budapest Hotel express my thoughts as so: Appreciative but not Entertained.  But let's extend that statement and further explore it. I am of the view that Wes Anderson is someone who clearly knows what he is doing and it is present in his art. The actor...

It's time. Time to address the monster amongst, living in society not yet outed as the monstrosity it actually is. Now, that probably sounds very ominous. But if you've read any modern contemporary romance from about the early 2010's, this is right up your alley.  That's right. We're talking bout the big guy. Nicholas Sparks himself. If you don't know him, don't worry. I would never unleash that on another human being. Just know that he wrote a lot of romance books that were popular and got movie adaptions. The popular ones being 'Forever My Girl', 'A Walk To Remember' and the most well-known one, 'The Notebook'.  Now. Let's talk about The Notebook. For years, this movie was claimed to be 'the most romantic movie of all time'. And as I'm sure you'll agree, those are huge shoes to fill. Also, just in general, a very high sell for a movie to make. The problem was that that was a lie. It wasn't.  Let's start w...

First  thought after watching the trailer of the movie? It should’ve been named ‘Love At First Flight’ like, how do you miss that? But whatever. Love at first sight is a Netflix rom-com starring Haley Lu Richardson (Hadley) and Ben Hardy (Oliver) with Jameela Al Jamil as the narrator (and as a bunch of side characters). Now, the keyword in that sentence was Netflix because the streaming platform has a…questionable creative head when it comes to original movies so my expected were lowered to say the least.  For every good Netflix original like ‘Set It Up’ and ‘Do Revenge’ we get its karmic balance through movies like ‘The Princess Switch’ trilogy. And if I’m being honest, the movie was decent. Nothing revolutionary, just cozy and cute. The main characters do have their meet-cute in an airport which definitely made me suspend my belief because though its adorable to imagine, in reality strangers are still strangers. Chemistry though? They have it. Which is appreciated. You ...