Derek Palmer

Derek Palmer

Actor, writer, Irish man in Wales via Scotland just to be confusing!

Favorite films

  • Magnolia
  • Scream
  • Jurassic Park
  • Paddington 2

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  • Timestalker

    ★★★½

  • Dave Made a Maze

    ★★★

  • Aftersun

    ★★★★

  • Gladiator II

    ★★

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  • Gladiator II

    Gladiator II

    ★★

    It's like a parody of itself

    Not good

  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    ★★★

    The weakest of the three for me! Very messy, very mixed and confused messaging

    The use of songs actually started to annoy me in this one whereas I like them in the first two.

    Biggest criticism I have - the only one of the three that doesn't make me cry!

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  • Glass Onion

    Glass Onion

    ★★★★★

    Once again Rian Johnson has essentially sat down and thought "what would be a perfect film for Derek?"

    On second viewing, what was a great, fun mystery film is elevated to a wonderful joy ride of an experience where everything happens in plain sight!!

    Performances that were good, if weirdly stilted or bumbling, the first time round become bordeline genius!!

    Johnson has managed with the two Knives Out films to create that rare breed of mystery film that not only stands up to multiple rewatches, but become even better with each watch!

  • Black Widow

    Black Widow

    ★★½

    It was...fine!!

    It would have been nice if it hadn't felt like the only reason this film exists was to introduce Florence Pugh into the fold!! Don't get me wrong, she's a great addition, but shouldn't the main character have felt more important?

    A film that would have benefited from being made and released waaaaaaaaay earlier.

    I feel the wrong elements of the back story where given priority to the detriment of the actual main plot and leading to what…

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