Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  Max My Love 1986

  ★★★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2023

  He suspected his wife of monkey business, now he's got a real chi(m)p on his shoulder!

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  The Wicker Man 1973

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 01 May 2023

  I always said if I could live in one cinematic universe it would be Dazed and Confused but being a resident of Summerisle is obviously a very close second.

Recent reviews

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  Smiley Face 2007

  ★★★½ Watched 19 Mar 2025

  If this was made maybe 7 or 8 years earlier I could have seen it being in young Jim's canon. As it is, this passed by first time around but, I still get a contact nostalgia high from this sort of shit. Love the Paper Rad-esque opening credits (the best bit of the film?) and although it's just an escalation of silly, stoned predicaments, Anna Faris does a lot of heavy lifting and gives a cracking performance that manages to stay on the right side of annoying for the full film.

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  Death Carries a Cane 1973

  ★★★ Watched 19 Mar 2025

  Nothing says 'classy gialli' like topless ballet.
  Sure it's a very by the numbers, black glove wearing, straight-edged razor, throat slashing giallo with the usual twists and turns but it's adequately made and fun enough.
  Bonus points for the curb crawling police captain that made me actually guffaw.

Popular reviews

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  Enys Men 2022

  ★★ Watched 14 Jan 2023

  Like going to a fancy restaurant where everything looks and smells* delicious but as soon as you come out you head straight in to your local kebab shop.

  *sounds

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  Altered States 1980

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Oct 2023 4

  One time, when was much younger, I was on a trip and was convinced I'd invented egg mayonnaise. I was confused and annoyed when I bought a sandwich from the 24 hr supermarket and couldn't understand how they'd packaged my idea that I'd literally just invented. What I'm trying to say is, I totally buy into the concept of this film.