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Isn't It Romantic (2019) ⭐ 5.9 | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · 20d

ISN’T IT ROMANTIC (2019) www.imdb.com/title/tt2452... Quite funny, a bit post- and meta- but also, ultimately, conventional in its way. Rebel Wilson slightly toned down but the character she always plays.

1h 29m | PG-13

Downsizing (2017) ⭐ 5.8 | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · 20d

DOWNSIZING (2017) WWW.imdb.com/title/tt1389... This is a good film - important, even. But my goodness it is not the film I thought it was going to be after watching the trailer. Hong Chau is brilliant.

2h 15m | R

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · 24d

What is also galling is that everyone else in that room knows how lacking he is. You can see their distain, their exasperation in their eyes and their body language. And yet in the privacy of the castle there is no little boy to shout out that the Emperor has no clothes.

It is a tragedy and a farce

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · 24d

(Don’t get me wrong, in many ways he is obviously not an idiot. And he has a particular kind of emotional intelligence that has allowed him to rise and form his cult.)

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · 24d

He simply does not have the intellectual capacity to rise to the occasion, nor have any sense of what it would look and sound like to do so.

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · 24d

There are hundreds of reasons to dislike Trump, starting with his distain for the Constitution, his enabling of the atrocities against the Palestinians, his racism, his sexual assaults. But at times like this in find his gauchness to be the most galling.

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · 24d

His body language in the presence of people who are not subordinate to him (other world leaders usually) is always so awkward.

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · 24d

My goodness, Donald Trump is so charmless. They wrote him a fairly nice is largely unimaginative speech, and he managed to read it out like an awkward kid at school.

The Thursday Murder Club (2025) ⭐ 6.6 | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · Sep 10

THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB (2025) www.imdb.com/title/tt1200... Stellar ensemble cast, but this feels clunky and unreal. It should have been a four part TV series. There are 4 books in the series and a 5th due, apparently — Would not surprise me if they churn out film adaptations in short order.

1h 58m | PG-13

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Tenet (2020) ⭐ 7.3 | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · Sep 10

TENET (2020) - Rewatch www.imdb.com/title/tt6723... Love Nolan and enjoyed this on a second watch. However, there are some ridiculous contrivances to get to the cool scenes of backwards fighting, can’t help but think they could have come up with something better.

2h 30m | PG-13

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Ghost Town (2008) ⭐ 6.7 | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · Aug 26

GHOSTTOWN (2008) www.imdb.com/title/tt0995...

1h 42m | PG-13

A Minecraft Movie (2025) ⭐ 5.6 | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · Aug 26

A MINECRAFT MOVIE (2025) www.imdb.com/title/tt3566... Jack Black and Jason Moama amuse by doing their thing. The film is an orgy of insider jokes and memes.

1h 41m | PG

Nobody (2021) ⭐ 7.4 | Action, Crime, Drama

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · Aug 26

www.imdb.com/title/tt7888... NOBODAY (2021) - A cross between JOHN WICK and HOME ALONE. The film dumps an interesting character study in masculinity for slapstick violence.

1h 32m | R

Dune: Part Two (2024) ⭐ 8.5 | Action, Adventure, Drama

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · Aug 26

www.imdb.com/title/tt1523... DUNE: PART 2 (2024)

2h 46m | PG-13

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · Aug 24

www.imdb.com/title/tt1485... THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (Rewatch). Every musical number a banger. I watched this at an outdoor cinema event.

Nighttime scene of a park with a cinema screen, showing Hugh Jackman in THE GREATEST SHOWMAN.

Love Hard (2021) ⭐ 6.3 | Comedy, Romance

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · Aug 20

www.imdb.com/title/tt1075... LOVE HARD (2021) - Quite enjoyed the final gag, juxtaposing the creepy signage from LOVE ACTUALLY with “Yippeekayay motherfucker” from DIE HARD.

1h 44m | TV-MA

Joker (2019) ⭐ 8.3 | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · Aug 20

JOKER (2019) www.imdb.com/title/tt7286...

2h 2m | R

Despicable Me 2 (2013) ⭐ 7.3 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · Aug 20

DESPICABLE ME 2 - Rewatch m.imdb.com/title/tt1690...

1h 38m | PG

Despicable Me (2010) ⭐ 7.6 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social · Aug 20

DESPICABLE ME (2010) - Rewatch m.imdb.com/title/tt1323...

1h 35m | PG