joehowden

joehowden

Film enjoyer

Favorite films

  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • Barbara
  • Stromboli
  • The Cruel Sea

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  • Longlegs

    ★★

  • Blitz

    ★★½

  • Mothers' Instinct

    ★★

  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

    ★★★★½

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  • Longlegs

    Longlegs

    ★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Blitz

    Blitz

    ★★½

    Some real heart to it but being on the edge of bursting out in song at any moment was kind of a weird experience

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  • Benediction

    Benediction

    ★½

    Didn’t work for me. Found the stylistic choices uninteresting and just plainly bad. Hated the PowerPoint fade transitions, every minute Peter Capaldi was on screen felt disjointed, the use of random archival footage of war and rotting corpses was just lazy, and the middle part of this film was a complete slog. Saved in a few instances by the inclusion of the poetry of Sassoon and Owen, but not enough of this to make this film anywhere near enjoyable.

  • Spotlight

    Spotlight

    Most overrated film in cinema history absolutely nothing interesting happens or is said until mark ruffalo starts shouting as if he has just watched a top 10 best acting video despite actually being a good actor