Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Grand Tour 2024

  ★★½ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  I have no clue how to rate this so I’ll rate it smack in the middle. I see the vision (I think), but its execution has me bewildered. There’s this great divide between the actual story at the center of the film (largely told through narration) and what is happening on screen. As the audience, we’re constantly left guessing whether what we see is actually what’s happening narratively. The musical interludes were also certainly an interesting choice (“My Way” guy,…

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  I'm Not a Robot 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Mar 2025

  This restores my faith in Dutch cinema again a little. Interesting concept and the execution thereof was definitely good. Didn’t receive so much praise for nothing. 

  In Dutch:
  Heb hierdoor weer iets meer vertrouwen in de Nederlandse filmindustrie gekregen. Interessant concept en de uitvoering was zeker goed. Heeft niks voor niks zo veel roem. Ben echt blij voor de makers.

Popular reviews

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  Leave the World Behind 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 10 Dec 2023

  Deeply unsettling. Deer will haunt me forever now, thank you. Some of the dialogue didn’t sound like something actual people would say. The cast did great with what they were given though. There was also some interesting camera work here and there. However, I really did not dig that ending.

  Have yet to read the book so can’t really draw my comparisons but I’ve heard there’s been some tweaks.

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  Killers of the Flower Moon 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 12 Nov 2023

  One of the most creative “where are they now” sequences I’ve seen in a movie