Chris Balster

Chris Balster

History and movie buff.

Favorite films

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • Amadeus
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • The Man Who Would Be King

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  • Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    ★★★★★

  • The Last Valley

    ★★★★

  • Dracula

    ★★★★

  • Twister

    ★★★★

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  • Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    ★★★★★

    Epic fantasy owes a massive debt to this film and even 100 years later it’s visual and storytelling scale is jaw dropping.

  • The Last Valley

    The Last Valley

    ★★★★

    A hidden gem of a Michael Caine performance with a beautiful score by John Barry.

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  • Ravenous

    Ravenous

    ★★★★

    A wild ride of a movie and the cannibalism element is such a strangely fitting vehicle to explore the underlying themes of westward expansion and exploitation.

  • The Poseidon Adventure

    The Poseidon Adventure

    ★★★★

    I work on the RMS Queen Mary and this film was both partly made on and inspired by an event which actually happened to the ship which makes it all feel so tangible to me.

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