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Jacked In Reviews ‘Wicked Little Letters’ (2024)

Posted on March 15, 2024March 15, 2024 by jackedinmovies

Thea Sharrock’s Wicked Little Letters, a movie that is British from head to toe, so what better place to experience it, than in the establishment that champions the sub-genre… Tyneside Cinema.

Showcasing actual events, “this story that is more real than you think”. Set in 1920s Sussex, in the town of Littlehampton, we follow the well-to-do Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and her authoritarian father, Edward Swan (Timothy Spall). And it seems Edith has been receiving some abusive letters as of late.

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Jacked In Reviews ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ (2023)

Posted on November 6, 2023November 6, 2023 by jackedinmovies

As we open on members of the Osage people amid – what can only be described as – a spiritual oil rave, you are immediately hooked for what is to come next in Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of David Grann’s book (of the same name), Killers of the Flower Moon.

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Jacked In Reviews ‘Babylon’ (2023)

Posted on February 4, 2023February 4, 2023 by jackedinmovies

With a trailer that promises quite the spectacle whilst simultaneously giving nothing away, it was hard to tell what awaited audience members when going to see Babylon.

Suffice to say, when the first ten minutes hits you with projectile diarrhoea from an elephant, a mass orgy and a grand (although, perhaps grand is too small a word) house party, from that point on, director Damien Chazelle has you in the palm of his hand.

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