James Ivanoff

James Ivanoff

Without films I wither and become prune-like.

Favorite films

  • Amadeus
  • Brazil
  • A Man Escaped
  • Taste of Cherry

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★

  • A Simple Plan

    ★★★½

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

  • Babette's Feast

    ★★★★

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  • Bullet Ballet

    Bullet Ballet

    ★★★½

    Tried to watch this a few weeks ago when I was drunk but it made me throw up so had to turn it off. Hardcore.

  • Better Man

    Better Man

    ★★★

    Went to the toilet halfway through, took me 30 minutes to re-aclimatize to the eldritch horror that is Rob-ape Williams.

    But once you get past the unreality of the whole affair, it’s a pretty entertaining movie that kind of manages to skirt the usual biopic trap of convincing the audience to believe in the emulation of its protagonist (or at least makes it so you don’t have to be convinced).
    Given the choice, I think I would’ve chosen the monkey…

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  • Da 5 Bloods

    Da 5 Bloods

    Astoundingly bad. 

    So let’s set the scene: 5 black Vietnam vets travel back to Vietnam in their old age to find and take home the bones of their fallen brother, as well as a cool 10 million $ in gold bullion they were forced to leave behind. 
    The idea had some potential; but even that is squashed quickly, as it becomes apparent in the first 30 minutes just how tone-deaf this film is. I pause to go for a piss…

  • Midnight Run

    Midnight Run

    ★★★★

    Only 5 minutes into this, but the title music is so groovy it makes it feel like it’s my birthday.

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