Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Purple Rain 1984

  ★★★½ Rewatched 22 Mar 2025

  Prince: If you understand what I’m singing about come on and raise your hand 

  Me, not sure I understand: [raises hand …]_

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  Better Man 2024

  ★★½ Watched 22 Mar 2025

  What the actual fuck?! I mean, director Michael Gracey shoots the hell out of this cliche screenplay about a narcissistic twat depicted as a photorealistic CGI chimpanzee for some reason. It’s a terrible movie that looks better than 99% of Hollywood blockbusters these days. But I didn’t know anything about Robbie Williams before this. I’d barely heard of him, so even if he wasn’t a narcissistic twat he wouldn’t deserve any of these artistic fireworks. 

  The animation was incredible but…

Popular reviews

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  No 2012

  ★★★★ Watched 28 Sep 2023

  Director Pablo Larraín narrates the origin of democracy in Chile as the story of a young ad man using MTV style to defeat Pinochet, or in other words using the tools of America against the dictator they put into power. He has to sell his violence-weary country the concept democracy and the hope of happiness.

  It’s not only funny and educational, it also makes a good case for social democracy. But most interesting, No is a cinematic exploration of the way the…

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  The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 1970

  ★★★½ Watched 20 Dec 2022

  The plot spins its wheels a bit — apparently there was supposed to be several short stories and the final film was hacked down to two — and it took me a while to get used to this rather queer performance of Sherlock, but eventually the movie won me over. I really enjoyed this take on the character. The movie is funny, sexy, clever, and surprising — just as you would expect from Billy Wilder. 

  Thanks Tarantino and Avery for recommending it!