Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Better Man 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Feb 2025

  Didn't think I'd spend the night of my birthday crying in bed watching the Robbie Williams monkey biopic but hey ho, here we are.

  Just full on sobbing "please monkey Robbie Williams, please look after yourself - it's what your nan would have wanted"

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  Emilia Pérez 2024

  ★½ Watched 01 Feb 2025

  I tried you guys, I really tried. I went into this saying 'okay Valentina, open heart and open mind, if you end up being the Emilia Pérez defender, so be it!' because I like weird movies. I especially like weird movie musicals that take big swings (I really love 'Annette' for example) - and I did try to like this movie, I tried so hard, but oh boy this just doesn't work.

  For all its style, it feels so hollow,…

Popular reviews

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  A Christmas Kiss 2011

  ½ Watched 30 Aug 2019 1

  The lead actor looks like a vampire Eric Trump as played by Andy Samberg.

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  Hail, Caesar! 2016

  ★★★½ Watched 07 Jun 2016

  Film #3 of the June Scavenger Hunt
  Task #11 A film where someone has to pay or is asking for ransom

  Like most cinefiles I have a lot of affection for the Coen Brothers and films dealing with the Golden Age of Hollywood - so obviously I loved this film right?! Well, kind of...I really liked it, let's say that.

  Josh Brolin plays studio fixer Eddie Mannix, a man who spends his days solving the problems of Hollywood's elite and…