Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Turandot 1958

  Watched 18 Mar 2025

  The title may be Turandot (and Udovich is brilliant - on a level just below the Borkhs and Nilssons, and I mean that as the highest of compliments) but the star is Calaf, and there is no greater star than Franco Corelli. I can't say that the story is particularly interesting or the music close to Puccini's best, but with singing as good as this who cares? There has never been, before or after him, a tenor with a presence as commanding or a voice as golden as Corelli. 'No, no principessa altera. Ti voglio ardente d'amor!' is stunningly taken, and the 'Nessun dorma'.. goosebumps.

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  Maestro 2023

  ★★ Watched 14 Mar 2025

  'A symphony must be like the world; it must embrace everything' - Gustav Mahler

  Bradley Cooper embraces nothing in this film except his own penis, many times and very vigouously. What a waste of 2 hours

Popular reviews

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  Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 27 Jul 2023

  Weird pacing and CGI but overall very enjoyable. Greatest aspect was the sound design by far. Never doing a triple feature again though.

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  Dune: Part Two 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 02 Mar 2024

  I always thought that 'my jaw dropped' was just a saying. I shit you not my jaw hit the fucking floor 6 separate times.