Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 02 Mar 2025

  Cried way more than I expected to watching #bridgetjonesmadabouttheboy. It brings the wit, cringe and silliness of the first film but with a moving and beautiful exploration of grief and starting over. Truly gorgeous cinema experience.

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  Back in Action 2025

  ★★★ Added

  Silly and fun. Just what I needed. Would make an excellent double bill with The Family Plan.

Popular reviews

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  In the Heights 2021

  ★★★★★ Added

  I was a mess of emotions after seeing this. Such joy, magic and heart and a glorious celebration of community, pride and belonging. This film is a staggering achievement of story and spectacle and it will make your heart sing.
  (Stay through the credits!)

  Full review: www.filmstories.co.uk/reviews/in-the-heights-review-an-absolute-triumph-of-a-movie-musical/

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  Ad Astra 2019

  ★★★★★ Added

  Ad Astra is a big, epic cinematic masterpiece and an intimate father/son character study all wrapped up in one phenomenally executed piece of story-telling. It’s a staggering visual achievement, full of action and jaw-dropping moments of awe and wonder. It takes the visual and emotional feel of Gravity and heads out further and further into the unknown, with a relentless determination and singular focus.

  Make sure you see this on the biggest and best screen you can find. It’s the…