Jamie W

Jamie W

“I have no idea where this will lead us, but I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange.”
 - Dale Cooper

Favorite films

  • Chinatown
  • Badlands
  • Memories of Underdevelopment
  • The Red Shoes

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  • The Defiant Ones

    ★★★★

  • Nickel Boys

    ★★★★★

  • L'Avventura

    ★★★★★

  • The Parallax View

    ★★★★½

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  • Nickel Boys

    Nickel Boys

    ★★★★★

    Still 100% stand by my first review. It is unreal. I lived it vividly as I did the first time and, on a second watch, uncovered new beauties I had missed.

    Such an incredible and important story, it has such a powerful and consistent conscience about the modern world that few contemporary films can match.

  • L'Avventura

    L'Avventura

    ★★★★★

    Has to be the best final shot of all-time.

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  • Twister

    Twister

    ★★★½

    Watched in solidarity with Florida. 💪

  • Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

    ★★★★½

    You can question the hype around it all you want but whatever way you spin it, Oppenheimer is deserved of the attention. Because Nolan bounces back from Tenet with such aplomb, delivering a horrifyingly explosive film that existentially explores themes of injustice, life, death, guilt, suffering and power and terrifies you by underlining the weight of authority that a select few wield over the fate of those before them.

    In Tenet, I felt Nolan really struggled when trying to balance…