Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Grenfell: The Untold Story 2021

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Jul 2024

  This is what Tory austerity Britain should be remembered for.

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  The Matrix Resurrections 2021

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Dec 2021

  Very successful in that it feels to me like an essential part of the overall story rather than just a reboot. The meta commentary and comedic elements worked for me but maybe not for everyone. It’s well thought out, particularly in the first act, and although the stakes may be lower, this gives space for much greater characterisation. The set design is beautiful in the second act and the film has some amazing action in the finale. I particularly liked…

Popular reviews

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  Safe 1995

  ★★★★ Rewatched 01 Apr 2020 2

  This is not her beautiful house, she is not that beautiful wife. Pressure to confrom makes the walls start closing in until personal control creates only a prison of her own making. Same as it ever was, same as it ever was.

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  Benjamin 2018

  ★★★½ Watched 24 Dec 2019

  A bit cliché but we gays deserve our clichés too. An extra half star for the bath tub scene.