About 40 years ago I went to the Royal Opera House to see a new opera: The Mask of Orpheus by Harrison Birtwhistle. I wasn’t very optimistic about it being a jolly evening but was only really daunted when it became clear, in the middle of Act 1, when Orpheus had sung his way through two arches on his way to the underworld, that I was going to have to listen to him sing his way through another THIRTEEN arches before the end. It was much the same here. Only about ten minutes in and it was apparent we were going to be taken, step by painful step, through NINE Grand Prix races. And so we were. That’s a LOT of driving a fast car futilely round in circles. This movie is two and a half hours long and about a half was on a track or in a pit stop. If you are an F1 fan, this may be your idea of entertainment. It ain’t mine. And then there’s the plot: washed up driver (Brad Pitt - still beautiful) is persuaded back to the track by Javier Bardem - who could persuade anyone to do anything tbh. There’s a villain - a sort of Richard E Grant line character with no motivation. Weird. And love interest plus feminism in the jaunty Irish Colleen who leads the technical team. And a wary team-mate. Can they triumph? That would be telling. Unless you live F1 it’s not worth finding out. If you do, apparently the idiocies on track would drive you potty. They - like the track stars - passed me by. But Lewis Hamilton was one of the producers. Nuff said.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Film Reviews 2026	11/01/26 16:48:00	Susan Kelly
Hamnet	11/01/26 16:53:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Hamnet	11/01/26 22:31:00	Sara Nathan
The voice of Hind Rajab (Arabic with subtitles)	11/01/26 22:33:00	Sara Nathan
No Other Choice (Korean with subtitles)	17/01/26 09:16:00	Sara Nathan
Re:No Other Choice (Korean with subtitles)	25/01/26 16:41:00	Susan Kelly
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple	18/01/26 13:47:00	Susan Kelly
Nouvelle Vague	01/02/26 14:31:00	Susan Kelly
If I had legs I’d kick you	01/02/26 20:49:00	Sara Nathan
Re:If I had legs I’d kick you	25/02/26 17:56:00	Susan Kelly
F1	02/02/26 22:13:00	Sara Nathan
My Father's Shadow	10/02/26 17:30:00	Susan Kelly
Hamlet (not Hamnet)	12/02/26 17:03:00	Susan Kelly
The Secret Agent	24/02/26 17:21:00	Susan Kelly
The President's Cake	26/02/26 17:06:00	Susan Kelly
Sirat	03/03/26 16:43:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Sirat	10/03/26 11:33:00	Michael Robinson
Re:Re:Sirat	06/04/26 21:07:00	Sara Nathan
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man	15/03/26 15:16:00	Susan Kelly
Mr Nobody against Putin (Russian with subtitles)	19/03/26 21:48:00	Sara Nathan
Good Boy	24/03/26 15:40:00	Susan Kelly
Everybody down to Kenmure Street	26/03/26 20:43:00	Sara Nathan
Midwinter Break	31/03/26 17:21:00	Susan Kelly
Re:Midwinter Break	31/03/26 18:49:00	Chris Hurley
The Love That Remains	04/04/26 17:47:00	Susan Kelly
The Drama	05/04/26 14:32:00	Susan Kelly
Re:The Drama	06/04/26 21:03:00	Sara Nathan
Amelie (French with subtitles)	06/04/26 07:26:00	Sara Nathan

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