Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Captain Corelli's Mandolin 2001

  ★★ Watched 25 Mar 2025

  Just read the book for the first time since studying it at school. Loved the book then, loved it now, and knew this film wasn’t well regarded at all – so put off watching it in the past, but wanted to stay on Cephalonia after my re-read. The film is quite boring, quite rushed in parts, Cage is miscast. Some of the changes from the book make sense, others are quite disappointing / cowardly, dare I say it. I knew…

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  Dig! 2004

  ★★★½ Watched 19 Mar 2025

  20th anniversary, expanded edition. Amazing comedy at times. “Come down here so we can see your shaking hands, so we can see your cowardice.”

Popular reviews

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  Anatomy of a Fall 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 20 Mar 2024 2

  Went in totally blind, no pun intended. Really engaging from start to finish. I loved the way we were drip-fed information / evidence as the film progressed. Fantastic acting, too. Overall, a lovely blend of murder mystery & courtroom drama. The negatives: I’ll admit I’m not clued up on the French legal system, but my first of just two problems was how stupid the process seemed at times - including the son being in the crowd then giving evidence. My second…

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  Watchmen 2009

  ★★★★ Watched 05 Jan 2024 2

  Saw the Ultimate Cut (3hr15mins!). The intercut animated film was a unique inclusion… but jarring, and disrupted the flow of the movie. That said, I really enjoyed this. Unique approach, gritty and legitimately disturbing fights, cool soundtrack, some genuinely funny lines, opening sequence is brilliant as a word-building exercise. I tried to imagine what it’d be like as the 2.5hr theatrical cut, and I think I’d have liked it even more (but not enough to bump up the rating). I’d be interested to see how much shorter (if at all) the backstory scenes would be. What happened to Zack Snyder after this? A real shame

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