Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  49th Parallel 1941

  ★★½ Watched 31 Mar 2025

  A movie of its time

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  Cleopatra 1963

  ★★★½ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  Absolutely massive. Genuinely the most impressive spectacle of a movie ever produced. Such a massive spectacle in fact, that it essentially killed the Golden Age of Hollywood.
  'And the Roman asked, "Was this well done of your lady?" And the servant answered, "Extremely well"'. The closing lines of the movie which really do serve as it's epitome.

Popular reviews

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  The Greatest Story Ever Told 1965

  ★★★½ Watched 26 Jun 2024

  Visually stunning. Screenplay lacking.

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  Emilia Pérez 2024

  ½ Watched 02 Feb 2025

  Given that this was nominated for an Oscar, I thought that there would be something people had missed. It must have some redeeming feature. A song, a performance, even a single shot. Anything.

  Nothing. It is a horrible movie from start to finish. The direction is unremarkable. The songs are monotone. The writing is appalling...like, where is half the movie happening? And as people better placed than I have pointed out, the engagement with trans issues is token at best,…

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