Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 05 Jan 2025

  Fantastic movie but pretty uncharacteristic of an evil and undead killer of men to be supporting Movember.

  
  Full Review here

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  Wicked 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 01 Dec 2024

  Even Isaac Newton is vibing at the final song🍿

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Recent reviews

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  The Illusionist 2006

  ★½ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  What makes The Illusionist such a boring watch compared to The Prestige except for its plot, is its complete lack of interest in the art of stage magic. The ridiculous reliance on cgi completely eliminates every opportunity at creating beautiful moments of wonder, resulting in a mystery that doesn’t feel mysterious in the slightest.

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  The Reunion 2013

  ★★★★½ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  A very intriguing, authentic, uncomfortable and brave film.

Popular reviews

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  The Conference 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 13 Oct 2023 2

  This was honestly a lot of fun! Ultimately though, the book is just loads better.

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  Aria 2023

  ★★½ Watched 26 Feb 2023

  For a first time director, Tetsuya manages to bring special dreamlike quality to certain moments reminiscent of the style of Robert Eggers, yet I think sometimes more effective.

  The film has a problem with the script, as it feels a bit unnatural in the dialogue and is without much subtext. But I found some particular lines worked really well.

  It is however the visuals that make this short film work. Tetsuya directs the film with confidence and the cinematography is…