Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Seven Samurai 1954

  ★★★★★ Watched 22 Mar 2025

  Well this absolutely lives up to its reputation. 3+ hours flew by, plus we got an intermission. Philosophical, with a mix of pathos and humour, action, and tension. This has it all and does it ‘magnificently’ (cinefile pun slightly intended)

  Ranking the Seven in reverse order:
  7. Shichirōji (The Old Friend Guy) - Didn’t see enough of him. Needed to step up to the plate more imo
  6. Katsushirō Okamoto (The Young Guy)- Both a bit of a wet blanket…

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  Flow 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  With some gorgeous animation and style, engaging camera work that reminded me of an immersive video game, and a great score, this wordless feline adventure is both really enjoyable and somewhat meditative. The animals move both realistically and with real emotion and the world they inhabit feels just the right level of mysterious. The plot is never explained or made clear and yet you don’t care and just enjoy this animated tale of environmentalism, friendship, and survival for what it is.

  Lot of love deservedly for the Capybara here on Letterboxd but the secretary birds level of sass was amazing.

Popular reviews

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  Dune: Part Two 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 01 Mar 2024

  Villeneuve returns to Arrakis to continue his gorgeous and stunning sci-fi epic. Following on from the world building done in Part 1, Part 2 examines faith, morality, dogma, and destiny all while riding sand worms and shooting down ornithopters. 

  The visuals and production design, much like in part 1, are wonderful - full of stunning scale, sci-fi weirdness, and majestic beauty. Villeneuve throughout treats the audience with intelligence and there is a general ‘show don’t tell’ attitude to his world…

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  Morbius 2022

  ½ Watched 18 Jan 2024 3

  Almost masterfully bad. Watched this as it has dropped on Netflix to see what all the anti-hype was about and it lived up to the (low) expectations. A story full of plot holes, a script that seems like it was written by AI, and crap CGI combines to make a film that leaves you wondering “why was this made and how is Jared Leto still getting employed?”