Pokemon: Detective Pikachu

"Pikachu's fur is so fluffy because the electricity stored in his body keeps it standing on end"
- IMDb trivia.

This was basically my face upon reading that info and throughout the entire movie because DETECTIVE PIKACHU IS SO GODDAMN CUTE!!
Two thumbs up - I forgot how adult the humour is in the Mr. Mime part, but I did not forget how enchanting and funny and great this movie is!! Third best movie of 2019 oh yeah!

Julie and Julia

I just can't even with Julia Child's voice. Meryl Streep nails it, but my god it is just too much. Well at least I learnt a new word 'rhotic' which I understand to be mean accents with a retained hard /r/ sound e.g. 'large, park' rather than 'car, far'.
One and a half thumbs up - I would guess not many people would rate this film, but I like it because cooking and Nora Ephron.

1917

How did they make that guy get progessively more white and pale? Makeup is the obvious answer but it seemed to be a continuous shot? But how?!
One thumbs up - it was good and concise, and the way it was shot with that seemingly continuous one shot was amazing. But Parasite was also equally shot well, is so much more interesting than a somewhat familiar war story, and it is original. Parasite clearly has my vote, though I think the Academy will go for the easy pick with 1917. Meh.

Uncut Gems

I felt so fucking stressed the whole time. Like up to here *temples*. There was no rest.
One and quarter thumbs up - this is why you don't gamble.

Shazam

An Indian kid? As our main hero? Finally how progressi- oh okay no.
One thumbs down - I don't know why it annoyed me so much, but I was so put off by the appearance of the Shazam hero - the smug grin, his perfectly gelled hair, his cartoonishly exaggerated padded body suit, the fact he looks nothing like the kid - that it just ruined it.