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  Capote 2005

  ★★★½ Watched 27 Mar 2025

  Went into the film with no prior knowledge of Capote’s life or the events which transpire, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. PSH is absolutely phenomenal, I learnt so much about Capote’s personality and morals through his performance. Very much worth a watch.

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  Alien 1979

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 25 Mar 2025

  Two things I loved on rewatch:

  1) The camera work. Those long, haunting shots of never-ending corridors. Positioning a shot from the corner of a room to create a feeling of the crew being observed. The frantic handheld shots as Ripley is running for her life, drawing you into her panic and terror as she runs for her life. All fantastic.

  2) Just how bad a day Lambert is having. Most characters in horrors are either stupid or intent on…

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  The Thing 1982

  ★★★★ Rewatched 23 Mar 2025

  The ultimate in paranoia, tension and body horror. One of the finest in the horror genre, but I felt even more strongly on rewatch that the finale is a little rushed and lacks the nail-biting atmosphere of the rest of the film.

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  A History of Violence 2005

  ★ Watched 09 Feb 2025

  Boldly sets out to answer the question: what would happen if we let a 15 year old boy write and direct a major motion picture? Jesus this was a painful watch.

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