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  The Elephant Man 1980

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 21 Jan 2025

  A remarkable achievement of staggering emotional heft, if slightly hampered by the exaggerated and contrived antagonists which were more difficult to digest this time round. Crazy that this is an 80's made film, it emulates the aesthetics and pacing of something much older and I say this as a compliment. This adherence to style helped my immersion enormously, drawing me into its murky world - a place which contained few beacons of safety and warmth. When Merrick is dwelling within…

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  Megalopolis 2024

  Watched 02 Oct 2024

  ??/100

  Never before have I left the cinema with such a vacant and clueless mind. I felt like I'd suffered a hammer's blow to the head and was trying to pick up the pieces of the fractured film which lay in front of me. Am I dumb? Well, maybe... but to be more specific - am I dumb for missing something vital here that would help illuminate this disaster? Or is this just a bonkers, self-indulgent disasterpiece with no clear…

Popular reviews

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  The Polar Express 2004

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 24 Dec 2013 54

  Everybody has that film they watch on Christmas Eve religiously (no pun intended). For some it's Home Alone. For others it's Die Hard. But whilst these films are beyond excellent, I always watch The Polar Express. I think I'm in the minority here when I say that The Polar Express is my favourite Christmas film. I find that it encapsulates the feeling and the spirit that exists at this time of year like no other movie. I really connected with…

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  Natural Born Killers 1994

  ★★★★½ Watched 10 May 2014 11

  At a glance, Natural Born Killers has the potential to mislead. What seems like a full-blooded thriller packed with gratuitous brutality is in fact more profound; more intelligent than what its exterior and hateful critics may imply. It's personality is satirical, predominantly lampooning the media for their embracement of serial killers and near veneration of the activities they conduct - all done for the sake of ratings. Oliver Stone is clearly a staunch combatant of such behaviour and as we…