jacobgrimmett

jacobgrimmett

Favorite films

  • Inception
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Interstellar
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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  • The Prestige

    ★★★★★

  • The Parent Trap

    ★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

  • The Boat That Rocked

    ★★★½

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  • The Prestige

    The Prestige

    ★★★★★

    Revenge. Obsession. Perfection.

    I've vastly under appreciated this film on my first couple of watches, and something about it just clicked this time around. It's so much more "Nolan" than I remembered, which is about as good of a compliment as you will get out of me. Any rating lower than this would be out of sheer peer pressure.

    Loved every second of the confusion on the Monday Night crew's faces as it slowly unravelled.

  • The Parent Trap

    The Parent Trap

    ★★★½

    Sammy knew immediately something was up. Always trust the dog.

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  • Star Wars: Skeleton Crew | A Special Look

    Star Wars: Skeleton Crew | A Special Look

    ★★★★

    I don’t know why they’ve decided to stop allowing the Star Wars series on here but Skeleton Crew was great so I’m logging it.

    Felt like a real return to form to what really works for Star Wars television: a well written story within the already established universe that isn’t trying to shift the narrative too hard or take things to a grandiose scale (something the first two seasons of Mando and Andor did incredibly well, less so in Mando…

  • Sherlock: The Great Game

    Sherlock: The Great Game

    ★★★★½

    The far and above best episode of Series 1. Nothing I like more than deranged, supervillain puzzle solving antics and this delivers five in one.