Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Doctor Sleep 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  One of the most faithful yet effective book to film adaptations that I’ve ever seen. 

  I’m that person who reads the book before seeing the movie, every single time (yup, every time), so this matters a lot to me. When the movie strays from King’s original vision there is a purpose, a reason to speed up the plot or keep audiences engaged. Unlike Kubrick’s film, this is much more about King’s story. Even where there are changes, it keeps the exact…

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  The Overcoat 1926

  ★½ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  I don’t like the combination of Gogol’s work, just feels weird!

Popular reviews

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  The Shining 1980

  ★★★★★ Watched 01 Nov 2019

  Horrific and almost poetic.

  I read the book before watching this classic, and of course the two differ wildly in some ways, but I don't think that anything will ever top the mix of King's mad, murmuring, snow-bound horror and Kubrick's technical skill and thirst for perfection. This film is drenched in fear and dread, with a faintly comic tone beneath it all. We see the descent of a man, in which we can find whatever we want: the death…

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  Joker 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 05 Oct 2019

  There are many arguments surrounding "Joker" at the moment, ranging from anger at comic book films to debates about incel reactions, but I want to remove myself and my review from that for a moment and just talk about the film by itself.

  I like this movie. Shocking, I know. Maybe deep down my soft spot for superhero films remains (though I don't think I like any DC films other than this and the Nolan movies). But I think that…