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My feelings were Ebbing and flowing...

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...maybe I’ll rent out some billboards to tell you how much, or just write it here. THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI 4.5/5 Exceeds Expectations Here we have the next film from writer/director Martin McDonagh, who is behind dark comedies such as In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths, two excellent films that need to be watched if you haven’t seen them already, and to then be watched many more times after. Three Billboards is already being labelled ‘film of the year’, and the year has barely even started. So with all this endless backing behind the film, does it really live up to the hype? Well yes, yes it does. So here is a short summary of the film: After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, getting three signs leading into her town painting with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (Woody Harrelson), the town’s deeply respected child of police. When his second-in-comman
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This film Ragnarocked my world...

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...And here are my Thor’ts on it. THOR: RAGNAROK 4/5 - Exceeds expectations . We’re right back at it again with another Marvel blockbuster, but this one takes quite a different route. In this post ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) where everyone has found the funny side of life, this new version of ‘Thor’ really hits the ol’ funny bone. However, as much as I enjoy a good comedy, does this really fit the Thor franchise? Now I am going to do an incredibly brief summary as A LOT of things happen in this film and it would take forever to write it down; so here’s some main points: We first join Thorn (Chris Hemsworth) chained up, having been imprisoned during a trip to find some shiny rocks (the infinity stones). He is told by Surtur, a giant, flaming, demon monster, that Ragnarok, which in case you are unsure means “the ending of all things”, is coming to Thor’s home planet Asgard, and it can’t be stopped. During Thor’s absence, Odin (AnthonUIKeyInputDownA
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Billie Jean is not her lover...

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...She’s just a girl that wants to play tennis, but finds it so difficult with all this sexual confusion. BATTLE OF THE SEXES   3.5/5 - Above average. With amazing performances from Emma Stone and Steve Carell, as well as, of course, the entire rest of the cast, it was really difficult to decide how I felt about this film. I went into it hoping for it to be as entertaining as the trailer had made it seem (obviously that is the idea of a trailer but you get what I mean). And it was just that... for about half of the film. So in case you are unfamiliar with the story, which if you’re reading this then I would assume you at least know a bit about the story, or at least have seen the trailer, here is a brief summary: We find ourselves transported back to the early 70’s with a young Billie Jean King who is numero uno, the best female tennis player who has ever lived. This isn’t enough however, as men still refuse to believe that women can be equals, highlighted by the incredible di
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