Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Sonic the Hedgehog 2 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 10 Apr 2022

  It was great fun. Not as much as the first as my attention was not held quite as tightly, but I KEPT getting drawn back in by the jokes, the Inter movie references and the brilliant wonderful nods to the original games. And Jim Carey. He bolts the whole thing together but does not overshadow the other main performances and animated they may be, but they have a heart and character of their own. Sonic, Tails and Knuckles, get it together in a (slightly overlong) 16 bit nodding fest and The kids all around me loved it.

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  Avengement 2019

  Watched 09 Apr 2022

  Unmissable if you like cliched scripts written by East End wannabe thugs brutal fight after brutal fight, 50% of the words spoken expletives and some really poor cutting/editing. Or if you are a die hard fan of Craig Fairbrass.
  Awful, awful film, nonsensical plot and ridiculous contrivances plastered on top of bad acting.
  I just hope no lottery money helped to fund it. That would be illegal, surely.

Popular reviews

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  Hot Tub Time Machine 2010

  ★★★★ Watched 18 Nov 2014

  I was pleasantly surprised with this one as I hadn't read up anything on it and expected an "American Pie" type comedy. John Cusack was the first big bonus and the fact that the story didn't go for cheap laughs or gross out moments was a bonus.

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  L.A. Confidential 1997

  ★★★★★ Added

  The first film I saw that I Could. Not. Fault. On a scale of one to ten it was a ten and there was so much to praise and nothing to criticise. That was then, and to this day, it's a Hollywood great and still stands up to my repeat viewings. If there's nothing bad about it, what's good? The recreation of 1950's Los Angeles, with a dark hum under the surface that says everything is "not" okay. Brilliant performances…

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