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  Jean-Pierre's Mouth 1996

  Watched 25 Apr 2022

  *impossible to give a balanced rating

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  Home Alone 1990

  ★★★ Watched 24 Dec 2021

  Watched for the first time ‘cos ruthiexroo said she’d never speak to me again if I didn’t get it watched before Xmas😂

Popular reviews

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  Solace 2015

  ★ Watched 28 Aug 2016 6

  Girl at work told me this was the best film so far this year. Girl at work clearly has a drinking problem.

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  Everything Is Illuminated 2005

  ★★★★ Rewatched 07 May 2014 4

  Despite being set in the long, looming shadow of the Holocaust, Everything is Illuminated is initially charming, warm and amusing. Jonathan (a subtle and restrained performance by Elijah Wood) is a lifelong collector of trinkets relating to his family history. We join him on his journey through the Ukraine to track down the woman who saved his Grandfather's life in WWII. Along the way we meet various eccentric and sometimes slightly cartoonish characters. Much of the humour in the film…

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