Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Shocker 1989

  ★★ Watched 19 Oct 2022

  Wes Craven should have just directed all the Elm St sequels

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  Art School Confidential 2006

  ★★★ Watched 14 Mar 2021

  Pretty funny movie, and scathing critique of the art world, but the main character was too insufferable. Maybe with a better actor in that role, can’t really say, but the character and actor both failed as protagonist. Any passion the character was supposed to feel about art or about love was non-existent. Therefore the love/muse story failed. 

  Otherwise, good movie!

Popular reviews

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  Clay Pigeons 1998

  ★★★ Watched 14 Apr 2018

  Clearly a Coen clone 
  What with its small town American setting 
  And people in over their heads dealing with murder 
  And other various “quirky” characters 
  There’s a formula followed.
  But it’s not bad. Good performance from Mr Joaquin Phoenix. John Lurie’s score. And some great American imagery captured in the background.

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  Dawn of the Dead 1978

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 19 Jan 2019 1

  Following the events of Night of the Living Dead, four survivors escape the big city and end up finding refuge in a suburban shopping mall. It’s a simple but extremely effective set-up to allow writer/director George Romero to fire on all cylinders as a filmmaker. This is absolutely his finest work. It’s nasty, chilling, suspenseful and at times hilarious. Even if the characters are a little under written, by the end we can relate as they are doing what any…

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