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Awix (3310 KP) rated Red Joan (2018) in Movies

Apr 21, 2019 (Updated Apr 21, 2019)  
Red Joan (2018)
Red Joan (2018)
2018 | Drama, Thriller
5
5.6 (5 Ratings)
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Good-looking but turgid romantic melodrama. Sweet old granny (Dench, not in it much) is hauled in by special branch when her history as a Russian mole on the A-bomb project nearly sixty years earlier comes to light. Most of the film is made up of flashbacks of her as a young woman, dealing with the reasons why she spilled the radioactive beans.

The problem is that the film is so preoccupied with the protagonist's romantic life - she's in love with the dashing mysterious foreign guy! she's in love with her colleague! etc - that the nub of the issue never really comes into focus. Crucial character choices aren't properly explained and some potentially interesting historical material recedes into the background, eclipsed by hackneyed and corny melodramatic scenes that even performers like Dench and Sophie Cookson can't elevate much. Decent production values can't save such a sub-standard script.
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Casablanca (1942) in Movies

Mar 12, 2018 (Updated Mar 12, 2018)  
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
1942 | Drama, Romance, War
9
8.5 (38 Ratings)
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Enduringly popular wartime romantic drama is also sparklingly quotable and (not often mentioned) works as an allegory about the Second World War - Western Europe (Henreid and Bergman) would really like the help of America (Bogart) to escape from the clutches of Nazi Germany (Veidt); France (Rains) is in two minds about the whole thing.

Despite the fact this is regularly studied as an example of a perfectly-constructed story, it's probably best not to look too closely at some elements of the plot. The performances and dialogue are so winning that you give the movie a pass on this anyway. Everyone has their favourite Casablanca moment, whether it's one of the romantic bits, one of the jokes, a song, or whatever. Beyond simply being made with skill and sincerity, it's quite hard to determine what makes this film quite so special, but the fact remains that it is deservedly a legend.
  
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Delzoup (3 KP) rated Hustle Cat in Video Games

Oct 11, 2017  
Hustle Cat
Hustle Cat
2016 | Casual, Simulation
10
9.3 (6 Ratings)
Video Game Rating
Change your pronouns (he, she, they) at any point in the game (3 more)
Male and female romantic interests
Genuinely sweet, fluffy romance.
Cats.
Love This Game
This was such a short, sweet game. Most of the game strategy is making sure that you get close to your target character, and then winning a climatic battle to finish the game. The writing was clever, the art was pretty and characters were interesting.