Callum

Callum

I like to talk about books, cats, and tea. And now movies, apparently.

Favorite films

  • Annihilation
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • Crimson Peak
  • Aliens

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  • Meander

    ★★½

  • Swallow

    ★★★★½

  • Never Let Go

    ★★★½

  • Great White

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  • Meander

    Meander

    ★★½

    This does claustrophobia uncomfortably well. The genre-bending twists took me completely by surprise, which kept me hooked, but it ultimately feels confused.

    I was entertained while watching it, but felt immediately annoyed when it finished. So many (insane but interesting) ideas are undercooked and unexplained, with an ending that contradicts the point the rest of the film is trying to make.

  • Swallow

    Swallow

    ★★★★½

    A slick, claustrophobic look at trauma and autonomy, with a perfectly pitched lead performance.

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  • Your Christmas or Mine 2

    Your Christmas or Mine 2

    ★★★

    The first movie definitely didn’t need a sequel and this definitely isn’t great but you know what, it’s Christmas

  • Kill Me If You Dare

    Kill Me If You Dare

    ★★

    My main takeaway from this is that there are a lot of attractive people in Poland. The rest is pretty bad. It’s neither funny enough to work as a comedy or dark enough to satisfy as a thriller.