Jon D

Jon D

You think you know: what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Favorite films

  • Jaws
  • Empire Records
  • Inception
  • Cromwell

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  • Chaos: The Manson Murders

    ★★★

  • Blitz

    ★★★★★

  • Renfield

    ★★★

  • Elvis

    ★★★★

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  • Chaos: The Manson Murders

    Chaos: The Manson Murders

    ★★★

    "All I can see is the frame. I'm going in there now to look at the picture." (Out of the Past, 1947)
    A fresh look at a celebrated story now long entrenched within the public psyche. The main problem is that this particular attempt makes a lot of assumptions of the viewer's prior knowledge of its subject material, and then makes a lot of desperate attempts to connect dots with no true evidence.
    Fascinating stuff, but pure conspiracy theory territory.

  • Blitz

    Blitz

    ★★★★★

    Not easy to sit through, but then neither was the war itself. A fantastic lead in Saoirse Ronan, but it was really not her film - she was just one cog in a collection of tales of bravery, heroism and selflessness centred on one young boy's determination to return home. Harrowing yet marvellous.

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  • Lee

    Lee

    ★★★★★

    Favourite film (new release) of 2024.
    Another incredible WW2 story that must be watched by all.

  • The River Wild

    The River Wild

    ★★★★★

    A true 90s rollercoaster; some of Meryl Streep's best work, ably supported by Kevin Bacon both in numerous hair-raising action scenes and tense character one-on-ones.

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