Mark Jewiss

Mark Jewiss

Favorite films

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • The Shining
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  • Django Unchained

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  • The Shape of Water

    ★★★★

  • Phantom Thread

    ★★★★

  • Early Man

    ★★★

  • Coco

    ★★★★

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  • Darkest Hour

    Darkest Hour

    ★★★★★

    Perfect performance by Gary Oldman.

  • The Snowman

    The Snowman

    ★★

    Really not the best introduction to cinema for Harry Hole. Choosing a book mid way through the series of novels, with characters that need a few novels to become established, is definitely a bad idea.

    Why was the killer doing his deeds? And how much of a cop out was that ending? If I'd seen this on a plane, maybe it would be worth an extra half star as expectations would be so lower...

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  • Arthur Christmas

    Arthur Christmas

    ★★★★

    My kids are at the age where they are starting to ask questions about how Santa does what he does, so of course I put on this Aardman produced documentary about how the Claus family can deliver presents to millions of children around the world in just a few hours.

    Obviously Aardman have had to digitally disguise the faces of everyone involved, and have actors dub over the recorded audio. What starts out as a simple examination of present delivery…

  • Tarzan

    Tarzan

    I reckon Edgar Rice Burroughs is spinning in his grave so fast that if we could harness the energy he's generating, we could power the world forever. No need for glowing red rocks.