Ed Matthews

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“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.”
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Favorite films

  • Whiplash
  • La La Land
  • Dead Poets Society
  • The Matrix

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  • Pan's Labyrinth

    ★★★★½

  • Where Danger Lives

    ★★★½

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★★

  • Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

    ★★★½

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  • Pan's Labyrinth

    Pan's Labyrinth

    ★★★★½

    For any of you wondering. No im not dead. I just forget to log films. I have not completely fallen off of the face of the earth. 
    Anyway, this film is beautifully crafted. All of the designs are stylised and gorgeous. I love this style of fairytales. It feels more true to how I would imagine them in my head. Not every fairytale creature needs to look like exactly like a human with wings. Or exactly like an animal we…

  • Where Danger Lives

    Where Danger Lives

    ★★★½

    Thank you to my uni lecturer for giving us a fun film! Like outdated as fuck. With some interesting beliefs. But you know. Fun nonthless.

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  • The Iron Claw

    The Iron Claw

    ★★★★★

    Oh my god. Someone get me some tissues. I honestly feel so empty. Such a gorgeous story with so many poignant parts. I remember at the half way stage I thought “how could this become sad?” BOY WAS I WRONG. These acting performances were actually incredible. The fact I knew all of the brothers names in the first couple of minutes is credit to how excellent this film was. I can only see this film getting better on rewatch. Those ending 15 minutes though. I honestly can’t.  Everyone was sobbing. Including me. I could hear other people in the cinema sobbing. I’m crying in the car.

  • Wonka

    Wonka

    ★★★★½

    Effortlessly charming- Wonka is a delight of a film that I’ve been looking forward to since the leaked set photos in 2022. This film just got better and better as it went along. I was really worried in the first 20 minutes as I felt like I wouldn’t enjoy the rest of it. But once you get acclimatised to the world. This film is absolutely magical. The sets and special effects are also excellent. At points this film feels like…