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  Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire 2023

  ★★★½ Added

  Despite being aware of Zack Snyder’s reputation online, I have been surprised by just how overwhelmingly negative the reaction to Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire has been. The majority of negative reviews cite the depth and development of its characters, the delivery and use of exposition, its simplistic structure and its derivative story as its major problems. These complaints are emblematic of the way in which tastes have changed in the last century, with audiences now…

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  Damnation 1988

  ★★★★ Rewatched 27 May 2020

  Like a dog!

Popular reviews

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  Stalker 1979

  ★★★★★ Added 9

  Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1979 film Stalker is unlike anything else I have ever seen. It is beautiful, deep, interesting and full of so much breathtaking imagery. There is not much I can say about this film that is new or original but I’m going to say it all anyway. I love this film for the amazing world it creates, its characters and its ideas. Not many experiences can match the fascination I feel when watching this film.

  The film has an…

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  Waves 2019

  ★½ Watched 20 Nov 2019 1

  This film is so dull, messy, unsubtle, vapid and self-impressed, with one of the least likeable* or developed protagonists I have ever seen but wow camera spin around aspect ratio change #WavesNation.

  *even though this is probably intentional, it is incredibly ineffective