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  While You Were Sleeping 1995

  ★★★ Watched 19 Jul 2023

  A sugar-sweet, genuine holiday rom-com.
  Though the premise is perhaps more heart than head, the film is elevated by it's incredible cast and solid direction.
  Sandra Bullock plays bittersweet and melancholy so well, her and Bill Pullman bounce off each other with physical comedy I wasn't expecting-chemistry is off the charts.
  A little fun, a little sad, with some of the best family bickering and chemistry I've seen in a movie.
  A lovely nostalgic watch for me.

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  Wait Until Dark 1967

  ★★★★ Watched 13 Jul 2023

  A devious and delicate slow-burn thriller; you've barely noticed the tension building until you could cut it with Geraldine, or perhaps a kitchen knife.
  The action stays one step ahead of the audience the entire time and has some of the best continuous use of dramatic irony on film.
  Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin, and their piercing eyes make for worthy adversaries, Alan Arkin especially commands the screen as an unhinged drug dealer-a masterclass in character work.
  Still one of my favourite, nail-biting finales to a film I've ever seen.

Popular reviews

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  M 1931

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 18 May 2022

  Made during the transition from silent pictures to talking pictures, many films fumbled the complexity sound added to filmmaking.
  M was an exception.
  Fritz Lang instead created a subtle, expertly restrained film.
  Peter Lorre's unforgettable wide eyes haunt the film, grabbing you the minute he's on screen.
  The people's court in that shadowy basement and Becker's monologue make for an unforgettable finale to a near perfect film.

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  The Third Man 1949

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Jun 2023

  "The world doesn't make any heroes outside of your stories..."

  Holly Martens, the American Fool.
  Believing too much in the images he creates of others, Believing too much in the image he creates of himself.

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