Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Power of the Dog 2021

  ★★★ Watched 26 Dec 2021

  A good example of a bad movie. Done well, the cast is gorgeous, the setting is believable, suspense is created masterfully, we’re hooked, but then nothing happens. It would be best to not raise any expectations, rather than raise them so well and then completely not meet them.

  As an aspiring female director, I am deeply disappointed in this movie. All the praise that the movie is getting - is it really for this incoherent jumble of someone who half-way…

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  The Electrical Life of Louis Wain 2021

  ★★★ Watched 17 Dec 2021

  Cute story, love Benedict, cinematography makes an attempt at reproducing the world as Louis sees it. Not a cinematic masterpiece by no means, but the story will ring true for those who have felt like Louis too.

Popular reviews

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  Last Night in Soho 2021

  ★★★★★ Watched 12 Nov 2021

  Wow! Firstly, this is world cinematography at its absolute top. I don’t think I’ve seen a movie so well-made and shot: it keeps you completely immersed and engaged. It deserves 10+++ stars for its cinematography, and its a fine example of cinematic craft. I love how it sort of removes the notion of time through masterful use of style: it seems like Ellie is in the modern days, but yet it seems a little retro, like maybe its the 2010s,…

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  Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 2018

  ★★ Watched 03 Dec 2021 1

  As long as we don’t fool ourselves with the idea that Anthropocene somehow makes us care about the environment, more or at all, this is great “Informative Entertainment”. It’s always interesting to see the different parts of the planet, people, and events. 

  Yet, it is blatantly clear that virtually every single person will immediately forget the entire premise and come back to their life full of plastic, overconsumption, complete and utter unawareness, and lack of desire to actually do anything.…