Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Notting Hill 1999

  ★★★★ Rewatched 25 May 2024

  Watched at Sandton Ster Kinekor.

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  Thor: Love and Thunder 2022

  ★½ Watched 30 Jul 2022

  An bad SNL sketch of a Marvel movie.

Popular reviews

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  I'm Thinking of Ending Things 2020

  ★★★½ Watched 10 Sep 2020 2

  I’M THINKING OF TULSEY TOWN ICE-CREAM

  Wow.

  “‘wow’ is an all-purpose exclamation. I just realized that. It can mean you loved it, or it can mean there are no words to describe how rubbish it is.”

  If you prefer to have a strong and concrete narrative, this film might not be for you. It’s far more cerebral than it is cinematic (it’s very well shot don’t get me wrong, but I think you’ll understand my meaning in that statement). It…

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  Kicking and Screaming 1995

  ★★★★ Watched 12 May 2020

  “GO AWAY, COOKIE MAN!“

  Film gets off to a relatively slow start but starts to hit it’s stride later on. Some really well written scenes and one liners as we’ve come to expect from Baumbach (Also, Ruben from Ocean’s Eleven, yes please!). Overall, I’m glad I watched this as you can see the roots of Baumbach’s style beginning to form and can draw comparisons to how this style has been refined over time. Fascinating watch in the development of a filmmakers…