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  Adolescence 2025

  ★★★ Watched 25 Mar 2025 2

  Not bad, but for all the hype, wildly overrated. Sure, there are some knockout performances, and technically it’s impressive- but is that what content is amounting to? Just a kind of Guinness World Record of crazy shit?

  Take Boiling Point. You feel the one-shot- it’s woven into the world, the characters, the story. Here, it felt more like a souped-up episode of EastEnders Live. The dead time stuck out like a sore thumb, patched over with a small carousel of…

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  Decalogue V 1989

  ★★★★½ Watched 25 Mar 2025

  Despite a terrible ending, a masterpiece.

Popular reviews

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  Saltburn 2023

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 03 Jan 2024 1

  Call me crazy, but I loved this film. And I really didn’t want to. 

  Don’t get me wrong, it’s got its faults. Pacing issues, a slightly convoluted plot, and what some could argue as style over substance. I thought that too, especially with the latter; but after a second watch, my mind has turned.

  Why do I love this film? Simple answer: because I enjoyed it. I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed it the second time even more than I…

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  Human Traffic 1999

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Mar 2024 1

  An extra half star just because I fucking love this film so very very much.

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