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  Glass 2019

  ★ Watched 22 Mar 2025 2

  So let me get this straight. Unbreakable is a really good stand alone film. Split is a really good standalone film (bar the tacked on sequelbait ending), and then director M Night Shyamalan decides he’s not going to make a sequel to one of them, but BOTH of them… In the same film!?!

  Oh M Night, you and your wacky schemes! So yeah Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson from Unbreakable are back, and so are James McAvoy and Anya…

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  The Zone of Interest 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  You know a film is going to be very interesting when it begins with a black screen and a creeping ambient drone that stretches on for three minutes.

  The Zone Of Interest is a very haunting and powerful British/Polish co-production set in 1943 that observes a German family unit who live in a luxurious house literally next door to the Auschwitz concentration camp. We get a slice of life glimpse into the daily routines of a high ranking Nazi officer…

Popular reviews

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  The Visitor 1979

  ★★★ Added

  The Visitor is hands down one of the most bizarre, whack job films I've ever came across! This film defines the term "leave your brain at the door". Trying to follow the plot of this film is next to impossible, you just have to go with it and let it wash over you. In the Arrow Video remastered Blu-Ray, there is an interview with the screenwriter who even struggles himself to explain the film's plot. The film went through so…

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  Tokyo Sonata 2008

  ★★★★★ Watched 02 Mar 2025

  Tokyo Sonata by Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa completely floored me. As soon as the closing credits crawled to a close, I felt like I instantly wanted to watch it again (although sadly I didn't have time).

  This family drama is exquisitely filmed and acted. A proud and stern father is fired from his corporate office job, and fueled by a mixture of shame and pride, he continues to lie to his patient wife and two children, getting suited up and…