Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Heat 1995

  ★★★★ Watched 29 Mar 2025

  Manic Pacino and atmospheric LA. I miss the 90’s

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  Moneyball 2011

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 28 Mar 2025

  I knew nothing about baseball coming in to this but I love this film. The human side, brutal cut throat of professional sport melded with the science and economics that has changed how we look at sport in the modern era. Script, music, performances and direction all solid. If ‘Senna’ didn’t exist this would be my favourite sports film ever.

Popular reviews

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  Babygirl 2024

  ★★½ Watched 29 Dec 2024

  I have lots of thoughts on the dynamics at play with the lead characters here but I won’t do an essay. It could have been a stronger script, darker or with a little more edge to the risk that Romy was making but it petered away by the end. 

  What I will say is this film was oversold as an erotic thriller. It had its moments but ultimately people think it’s brave and that’s because there aren’t enough representations of kink and sub/dom play in mainstream cinema.

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  Small Things Like These 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Dec 2024

  This is a very faithful rendering of the very powerful book by Claire Keegan.

  The film feels cold, chilly and bleak. There is a real weight of heaviness throughout the film and Cillian Murphy wears that burden on his face. Even when he isn’t speaking he has the most astonishingly expressive face. 

  The horrors of passivity from the people around these institutions is almost as sinister as Emily Watson’s chilling portrayal of the head nun.

  Not an easy watch but a very important one.