CathalShortt

CathalShortt

Favorite films

  • Die Hard
  • Magnolia
  • Jackie Brown
  • The Thin Red Line

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  • Adolescence

    ★★★★★

  • Jackie Brown

    ★★★★★

  • Wake in Fright

    ★★★★½

  • Snowpiercer

    ★★★½

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  • Adolescence

    Adolescence

    ★★★★★

    Truly phenomenal.

    On a technical level it’s incredible and the praises I have only go up from there.

    This show is a pure reflection of the times we have moved into and the reality is of the utmost concern for everyone because it is incredibly serious.

    I look back on how I went through school and how even 10 years ago what was going on. This evolution was on the horizon way back then and now it really is at…

  • Jackie Brown

    Jackie Brown

    ★★★★★

    Not only is this my one of my favourite movies of all time (it’s legit been in my top 5 since I was 15), but it is also undoubtedly Tarantinos greatest work ever!

    I mean where to start? I could literally write essays upon essays about why I think it’s brilliant from the unique beautiful and fully rounded characters to the impeccable direction from Mr Quentin who also gives us the best soundtrack in cinema history. 

    It’s a shame people didn’t…

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  • Aliens

    Aliens

    ★★★★★

    I could review the actual movie itself but I’m not going to. You’ll understand…

    When I was 14 I watched Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, Predator, and this movie all in the one night, without my parents knowing, hiding in my room hoping they wouldn’t bust in and give out rats. That night was life changing but in particular it was this movie that really changed things up. 

    This movie was unlike anything I had ever experienced or felt…

  • Interstellar

    Interstellar

    ★★★★★

    My Favourite Christopher Nolan Flick 🪐

    For me I feel that this is the film out of Nolan’s entire filmography that I really connect to on a deep emotional level. True tears flow every time I watch this.

    Even though it is really melodramatic at times and falls into Hollywood filmmaking cliches, I am not bothered by that in the slightest. In fact I embrace it! What are these cliches for if not to be used in films like this? …

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