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  BLOOD INCANTATION - All Gates Open: In Search of Absolute Elsewhere 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Jan 2025

  I love watching the sweet intimate moments of the band discussing their oracle cards and record hunting in Berlin. Morris showing off the band’s totems in the studio was also a particular delight.

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  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 2001

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 25 Dec 2024

  This has truly aged like a fine wine and was filmed in such a way that the warm tones and soft edges have now a nostalgic fuzz that envelops me like Mrs. Weasley’s hand-knit jumpers. I wish the later films in the series looked this indulgent and tactile. Not that they don’t have their own visual merits but something got lost after Azkaban.

  I still can’t believe that this film was made with all of the attention to detail and…

Popular reviews

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  Phantom of the Opera 1943

  ★½ Watched 07 Oct 2023

  Too much opera, not enough rats, not enough acid, not enough disfigured face shots. Plenty of moustache.

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  Godzilla 1998

  ★★ Rewatched 22 Oct 2023

  This loses at least 1 star for the lack of Gojira’s thick booty. I’d be pissed too if I was “born pregnant”.