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Favorite films

  • GoodFellas
  • In Bruges
  • Children of Men
  • Vanilla Sky

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  • Four Weddings and a Funeral

    ★★½

  • The Player

    ★★

  • Another Round

    ★★★★½

  • Decision to Leave

    ★★½

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  • Four Weddings and a Funeral

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    ★★½

    52 Years In 52 Weeks: 2025
    1994

    Actually not bad whenever Andie MacDowell isn’t on screen being a terrible person. Usually I’d say a romcom where the two love interests barely interact is a strange move, but it benefits the film this time because she sucks the air out of every scene she’s in.

  • The Player

    The Player

    ★★

    As is the case with most movies about Hollywood, the sense of self-importance radiates through the screen from the very first (admittedly good) scene. You never get the sense the film really knows what it wants to do with the material though, and the cameos don’t offer anything other than becoming minor distractions.

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  • Sound of Metal

    Sound of Metal

    ★★★★

    52 Years In 52 Weeks: 2025
    2019 

    Paints a haunting picture of what it means to lose your livelihood in an instant, and the devastating impact it has not only yourself, but the people around you too. 

    Sound of Metal is a film that approaches the subject matter delicately, and long stretches go by with no dialogue at all, which perfectly depict Ruben’s struggle to adapt to a new way of life, and the immense pain that comes with that…

  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    ★★

    Realised half way through why I’d put this off for so long. I heard this was a huge step down from Raiders but I didn’t expect it so be such a slog.

    There’s so sense of adventure this time around, the humour comes off as more slapstick, and the newly introduced characters are written as mere caricatures. It’s saved from being a total mess by Ford’s charisma and some decent set-pieces.