Rob Atkinson

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Went into this with some trepidation and those fears were proven correct. This has aged horrendously and can't get over the level of sleeze in this. The only song that you would remember is for all of the wrong reasons and is linked to my first point. The story was thin & poor characters.
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Nice to get out there again.

🎶 SPRINTS - All That Is Over 🎶

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PinkPantheress - Fancy That

Well this is as generic as they come... Far too sugary sweet in delivery, but overall, it was the epitome of middle of the road...

5/10

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Pa Salieu - Afrikan Alien

The album is at its best when it's on the political themes and Africa, but there's not too much of it. Musically adding in various influences elevates it slightly above some others from the genre, but ultimately is never truly different.

6/ 10

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Martin Carthy - Transform Me Then Into A Fish

Ooft! This was tough. I'm sorry, I don't like his voice. The strings, which were the most interesting were too sparingly used. This is traditional folk, and I'm struggling to think what it actually brings to the table...

3/10

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Fuming at #OnlyConnect playing one of the worst song of the last few years.

Will do!

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Joe Webb - Hamstrings and Hurricanes

From my limited knowledge of jazz, this feels very much rooted in the past, whilst there's nothing wrong with it, I can't see anything really innovative. It's quite clear that the guy and his band can play and is a very enjoyable listen.
6/10
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Morning! I'm reading Carrie by Stephen King for the first time.

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It's quite progressive and no doubt posed difficult questions for viewers at the time, as a white and black convict are on the run and have to rely on one another to survive. The story isn't perhaps the best way to explore the full nature of racism, but regardless it's an admirable effort.
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Charming, playful, lovely set design all add up in this satirical, slapstick film. It's able to convey the distrust of modern technology and the uselessness of its benefits & also speaks to the us and them nature of class. Perhaps went into it thinking it would be funnier than it was.
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Jacob Alon - In Limerence

Alon's voice is sublime on this album and the front half is superb. There's a dreamlike quality to the tone of this album that you drift through. I will admit, I would like more variety, but nonetheless a very good album.

7/10

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Book 43 - Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo

Atmospheric story of a haunted town full of the echoes of the past. Flowery but without being verbose and just so full of meaning. It gets into a hypnotic rhythm as you float between one set of characters to another. A lot to delve into thematically.
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Oh absolutely! Even if you were watching it for the first time, you'd know from that, the film is something special.

I haven't, but I'll add it now. Thanks!

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Only the one place to start and that's my favourite Hitchcock that I've seen so far - Vertigo.

I love how it flips the detective story on its head and becomes much darker and twisted. The use of colour is phenomenal and the technique for the dreamscapes - so innovative for the time.

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A new month, a new film thread!

1958, here we go!

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Glengarry Glen Ross - 3.5 stars Candyman - 4.5 stars Malcolm X - 5 stars One Battle After Another - 4.5 stars

Happy #LetterboxdFriday!

An excellent lot of films as I finished up my 1992 watches for the time being and a trip to the cinema.

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1992 Ranked A list of 17 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Malcolm X (1992), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Candyman (1992), My Cousin Vinny (1992) and The Last of the Mohicans (1992).

For those who are interested, here's my initial ranking for 1992

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Watching the Daniel Muñoz goal on repeat.

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Fontaines DC - Romance

This probably goes down as my third favourite album of theirs behind Dogrel and Skinty Fia. I appreciate that they're going for the big stadium sound, but doing it their own way. Starburster is my favourite song and absolutely slaps. It's still a very strong album.

8/10

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I'm back on it after some knee and calf issues over the last few weeks.

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Morning! I should be finishing The Voyage Home by Pat Barker this week.

Yeah completely agree. His performance made that film for me.

Yeah definitely, I'm not gonna lie. It's up there with some of my favourite horrors overall. Just gives you so much to chew on, whilst having the gore and thrills of horror.

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Incredible, absolutely incredible. This is such a bold, ambitious, well realised biopic. You get three distinct parts of Malcolm X's life in three distinct film styles from the gangster film, to the prison drama to the revolutionary/human rights piece. They are all expertly done.

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Well this completely surprised me, in the best possible way. Not only was it a great psychological and gruesome horror, but the themes portrayed in this are excellent. Urban legend, gentrification, slavery and racism all mix together to form such a strong thematic backdrop to this.

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