Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Mar 2025

  Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood is Tarantino's Sunset Boulevard. It is his love-letter to Tinseltown in the 1960s, and with that comes all of the obsessive idiosyncracies one might expect from the director of Pulp Fiction.
  Everything is very deliberate, from the radio ad for the Illustrated Man to Nebraska Jim's director being Sergio Corbucci, Tarantino has picked out each reference knowing the value that comes with them.
  There is an authenticity to the picture that does somewhat…

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  Dreams 1990

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 22 Mar 2025

  Though perhaps not so strong on this viewing, Dreams is still a stirring piece of work. The Peach Blossom segment still made me cry without really being able to explain why.
  I felt more of the film's age this time, or maybe more its budget. For a product of the '90s I think I felt some of the constraints of the Japanese film industry at the time. The Blizzard sequence sticking out as a particularly studio based affair.
  Not that…

Popular reviews

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  Lupin 2021

  ★★★★½ Watched 25 Apr 2021 1

  I mean even if Omar Sy did steal all my most prized possessions I wouldn't be mad. He's just too cool and charming.

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  Kitty Foyle 1940

  ★★ Watched 28 Apr 2021

  If only Ginger Rogers had appeared in a mirror and tried talking me out of all the bad decisions I've ever made