Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Killer 2024

  ★½ Watched 15 Feb 2025

  Why John, why

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  Solaris 1972

  ★★★★ Watched 26 Oct 2024 2

  I'm all over the ideas and the aesthetics here... just don't tell Tarkovsky I watched most of it at 1.5x speed

Popular reviews

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  They Live 1988

  ★★★★ Added

  Part of my Cronenberg and Carpenter catchup, finally saw this for the first time. Not without bits that seem a bit slow / meandering / weak, but I loved that it somehow reminded me of the original XCOM games, with its weird, old-school depiction of alien life on Earth.

  Much like Scanners with Cronenberg, this made me realise I need to see everything Carpenter has done. 80s sci-fi is quite the thing, and going back to it now makes modern sci-fi feel quite kinda stiff and dull in comparison.

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  The Fly 1986

  ★★★★½ Watched 09 Oct 2024

  Bonkers and fun, but genuinely dramatic and super lean storytelling from start to finish. On paper Geena Davis' character probably wasn't much, but her performance (and her chemistry with Goldblum, carrying over from their real-life relationship at the time), keeps everything together.

  Such a banger. Up there with Videodrome.