Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★★★★ Watched 22 Mar 2025

  Great cast. Great script. Great score. 

  I’ve missed this kind of thriller. A shame to see the cinema empty, would be a fun film to watch in a packed theatre. 

  Perfect length for a matinee showing

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  Kneecap 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  What a picture! 

  If I had to describe this film in one word it would be fun. 
  Kneecap is having so much fun telling its story, and it translates through the screen. Inventive, interesting, and fun camera and lighting choices. Story threads that had the potential to feel disconnected, but come together in a a fun way. 

  I will be listening to Irish hip hop now.

Popular reviews

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  Gladiator II 2024

  ★ Watched 27 Nov 2024

  A complete remake of the first film with none of the sauce. Paul Mescal does not have the star power of Crowe, it’s not believable that men follow and are inspired by him. Denzel is having fun playing a pantomime villain, but the role doesn’t carry the gravitas of Oliver Reed, nor the twisted terror of Joaquin Phoenix. Weird cg monkeys were terrible. I was waiting the whole film for the original music to play, by the time it did,…

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  Deadpool & Wolverine 2024

  ½ Watched 24 Nov 2024

  Why did I do this to myself. Homophobic, spiteful, snarky little film. Everyone involved should be ashamed.

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