Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Sleeping Beauty 1959

  Watched 24 Mar 2025

  I think if I was to list my favourite Disney films it would probably be along the lines of Alice In Wonderland, Mulan and Sleeping Beauty. Make of that what you will.

  I've always loved the storybook aesthetic of this film, with its opening having us literally entering the book. With the three fairies you have this really lovely colour palette, and of course you have Maleficent. Maleficent will forever be the best Disney villain not just because of her…

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  His House 2020

  Watched 24 Mar 2025

  I was thinking the £70 a week they were receiving was a lot more than normal, but I think this was for subsistence payments, which is about £35 per person. I'm used to asylum cases where food is also provided weekly, in which case the refugee receives £8 a week.

  I liked Matt Smith's comment at the start: "Prove you're one of the good ones." That's a pretty good summary of the UK's attitude towards refugees. Suspicion, resentment and a…

Popular reviews

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  Nick: The Feature Film 2011

  Watched 30 Aug 2023

  Chris Alex (the voice actor behind Carl in the cartoon Llamas With Hats) doesn't get enough credit as the great actor and terrific performer he is. Nick and Robert are awkwardness afficianados but Chris is this incredible, terrifying ball of energy with his constant adlibs and monologues.

  I'm honestly surprised that this is my first logged FilmCow film here, when I habitually rewatch the film Detective Heart of America: The Feature Film, and watch their videos on the regular. It…

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  Scenes From My Balcony 1901

  Watched 16 Jul 2021

  Guy is peeping, but peeping is foiled by lady turning her light off.

  Cinema, everyone.