Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Another Round 2020

  ★★★★★ Watched 01 Mar 2025

  All in the name of science eh

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  Sing Sing 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 16 Feb 2025

  You're 16 hours into a length trip. You are running on 2-3 hours sleep. What is the logical move in this situation? To watch a harrowing prison drama of course.

Popular reviews

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  Poor Things 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Apr 2024

  Wes Anderson movie on steroids

  
  Set design is second to none in terms of what came out last year and the directing choices always swing for the fences and pay off every single time. Also a more than well deserved Oscar win for Emma Stone.

  I did feel however that the final 20 minutes was a bit anticlimactic and the whole past life subplot was heavily undercooked and needed to be its own dish in the films menu. Also kind of wanted to see more about her fascination with science and how the world around her influenced this.

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  The Red Shoes 1948

  ★★★★½ Watched 18 Apr 2024

  Making my Letterboxd more pretentious by the day!!!

  Thoroughly enjoyed Mr Scorsese's recommendation here (via the man with the directorial debut with longer takes Mr Baker) although probably needs a second viewing as I only grasped the horror elements closer to the end of the film. Great to see a film that really takes its time setting up the story and fitting seamlessly into a three act structure in which our protagonists rise and fall is so effortlessly conveyed that…

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