Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Adolescence 2025

  ★★★★½ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  Devastating and beautifully crafted storytelling on display here. Cannot see how any other so called “crime dramas” can compare to the truly talented cast and crew on this show. Superb.

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  High Life 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Mar 2024

  Needed to watch Claire Denis which I will continue to do soon so decided to watch High Life as it was featured on Mubi. 

  I really appreciated this film feeling very poetic and hypnotic throughout with a really great cast and a clear

Popular reviews

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  Wonka 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 13 Dec 2023

  So it’s been six years since Paul King last helmed a film and after the delightful double bill of the Paddington films which I hold near and dear to my heart. Now he’s telling the origin of one of my favourite literary characters I was fascinated to see his take on the classic novel and safe to say that Paul King hasn’t lost his charm even on a big film like this. 

  As to be expected the visual style from…

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 26 Jan 2025

  Brady Corbet has always been a visionary in my mind.

  Having worked with directors like Michael Haneke, Lars Von Tier and Ruben Östland he has certainly created a distinctive style that has carried on into his excellent feature films The Childhood Of A Leader and Vox Lux. His interest in large and expansive stories and landscapes throughout his films made this story a natural choice for his next film. Hearing that Adrien Brody who is an actor I have always…