Kirk Northrop

Kirk Northrop

Former cinema worker and occasional short film maker. Used to watch too many films, now I watch not enough.

Favorite films

  • Apollo 13
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
  • The Double
  • Donnie Darko

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  • Snow White

    ★★

  • Deadpool & Wolverine

    ★★½

  • Oppenheimer

    ★★★★½

  • Barbie

    ★★★½

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  • Snow White

    Snow White

    ★★

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

  • Barbie

    Barbie

    ★★★½

    When the first Lego Movie came out, it partly worked because at the beginning of the film, they made sure you realised that the film world was indeed that plastic brick toy that you played with. Here we are again with a toy showing us how their world really is the world of make believe. A quick note to the teams of people preparing to churn out the next 20 Mattel films - this only works for so long.

    But…

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  • Churchill

    Churchill

    ★★

    90 minutes of Brian Cox unconvincingly shouting at people. No story, no characters, no conviction and no point.

  • Mad Max: Fury Road

    Mad Max: Fury Road

    ½

    One of the worst films I have ever seen. Basically a 2 hour long chase scene in which nothing of interest happens.