Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Belfast 2021

  ★★★½ Watched 02 Feb 2025

  Ah this film isn’t perfect: there’s lots of very hammy, Kenneth Branagh lines, and some questionable accent work from Dame Judi — but it’s lovely. And the scene where Jamie Dornan and his wife dance to Everlasting Love, is just so romantic and a real movie moment. Very few films have memorable lines or moments these days and this film, flawed though it is has both. It’s beautiful visually, I think the black and white was a really good choice.…

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  The Outrun 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 19 Jan 2025

  Really quite beautiful but I found some of the voiceover writing a bit glib sadly. It’s a slow study of a woman going through something awful which at times I found a bit difficult to engage with but I think that might be me. Liked it but didn’t love it! But wow Orkney is beautiful. 

  Also they cut all the lines of my wonderful voice teacher!

Popular reviews

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  Shagbands 2020

  ★★★★½ Watched 19 Oct 2020

  whatever loser minger mcdonalds worker, take a picture 

  this really has want thoroughbreds wants, feature length please! well actually i think it was perfect as a short film but i just want more of it.

  this joins i may destroy you in being part of the babycakes cinematic universe, such a good song

  (also the above quote woke some memory in me i had completely forgotten)

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  Romeo & Juliet 2021

  Watched 04 Apr 2021

  'thus, from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged'
  '—then have my lips the sin that they have took'

  this was very very special!! i haven't seen shakespeare that has made me feel like this in a really long time. quick and passionate and powerful. beautiful in every sense, everyone blew it out of the park. mercutio/benvolio was also so lovely!!! i've never seen a production do that explicitly before and i loved it. they got the urgency of…