Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Mar 2025

  This movie's fun as hell I should've gone to see it sooner

  First Soderbergh flick, have somehow never gotten around to watching the Ocean's movies but I am absolutely blown away by the style here. A oner through three separate locations for your opening shot? Are you joking me? Good as hell. Some of the shots in this had me sitting up in my seat, absolutely gorgeous movie Slightly less of a fan of the ridiculous amount of bloom in…

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  National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 13 Feb 2025

  Saw this in the Bord Gais about a month back, enjoyed it well enough. Not as good as the movie, but still a good show.

Popular reviews

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  The Shawshank Redemption 1994

  ★★★★★ Watched 21 Apr 2023

  So I'd never gotten around to watching this. Not sure why, probably for the same reason I've put off watching other generally accepted "all-timer" films - I want to be in the mood to watch them.

  So last week, I was in the car with my dad, and he asked me if I'd watched Shawshank. I hadn't, and when he heard that I reckon he almost crashed into the roundabout. He demanded I watch it as soon as I could.…

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  The Elephant Man 1980

  ★★★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  My life is full because I know I am loved.

  Started crying during the "I am not an animal" scene and didn't stop until the credits rolled.

  Still think Fire Walk With Me is my favourite of the four Lynch movies I've seen now, but jesus, this cuts a close second. I said it in my review of Straight Story earlier, and I know I'm far from the first to make this observation, but Lynch's trademark isn't the dreamy surreality…