Favorite films

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  The Emperor's New Groove 2000

  ★★★★ Watched 19 Sep 2023

  "Three oinkers wearing pants, plate of hot air, basket of Grandma's breakfast and change the bull to a gill, got it."

  Justice for Kronk's underappreciated cooking skills

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  After Love 2020

  ★★★★ Watched 20 Mar 2022

  Film #15 in March Around the World 2022 - United Kingdom

  This was really good!

  Joanna Scanlan plays Mary, whose life is turned upside down when her husband Ahmed dies unexpectedly. However, what Mary soon discovers is that Ahmed has secretly been leading a second life in France, complete with partner and child. Mary heads to Calais with plans to confront her husband's lover but, on meeting her, winds up assisting her husband's lover to move house, all the while…

Popular reviews

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  Rushmore 1998

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2020

  Film #7 in March Around the World 2020 - United States of America

  I've always meant to see this film, and as always Wes Anderson lives up to expectations. He has singlehandedly popularised the quirky comedy, and his films always have that particular look that you recognise at first glance.

  Anderson's second film is a joy to watch, one that I could really connect with. It also serves as a reminder of how good Bill Murray is, who was a…

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  Tangerines 2013

  ★★★★★ Watched 30 Mar 2020

  Film #16 in March Around the World 2020 - Georgia

  I just chose this film because I was struggling to find films for March Around the World 2020 - I'm so glad I chose this one.

  I don't give out 5 stars lightly, but this was wholly deserving.

  Set in a rural village during the 1992-1993 War in Abkhazia, Tangerines concerns an Estonian tangerine farmer who brings two men from opposing forces to his house after they are gravely wounded…