jamesdiss1

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A place to explore and share my thoughts on film.
 ‘The screen is a magic medium’- Stanley Kubrick

Favorite films

  • La La Land
  • Little Women
  • Good Will Hunting
  • Nosferatu

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  • The Monkey

    ★★★

  • Captain America: Brave New World

    ★★★

  • September 5

    ★★★½

  • Zodiac

    ★★★★

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  • The Monkey

    The Monkey

    ★★★

    The first half of this film was very good and included incredible deaths and script development. But I felt once the film transformed in the second half, character development fell off. I felt that the presence of The Monkey and death scenes kept this film from tailing off massively.

  • Captain America: Brave New World

    Captain America: Brave New World

    ★★★

    This is one of the better Marvel films in recent memory, going back to there old ways prioritising action set pieces, and character development.

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  • Blue Velvet

    Blue Velvet

    ★★★★★

    In Honour of Lynch I watches one of my all time favourite Blue Velvet. 

    This film is majestic, surreal and such a great outlook on a polarised society.  The dark cinematography really digs into Lynch’s exploration of film Noir. While the soundtrack is hands down a superb addition though out. 

    Laura Dern and Kyle MacLachlan are outstanding for the duration and really exemplifies the shift youth culture compared to their predecessor’s.
    But overall the achievement from this film is in…

  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

    Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

    ★★★★

    Another top notch addition to the series. For a film of 2 hours and 50 minutes this flew. The students where organic, the acting was never below a 7/10 while the story left us waiting for the arrival of a natural conclusion before part 2.