Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Howl's Moving Castle 2004

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 30 Aug 2024 1

  English dub - Billy Crystal as Calcifer makes it

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  Godzilla Minus One 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 06 May 2024

  A classic for our future

Popular reviews

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  Late Night with the Devil 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 28 Apr 2024

  First of all, David Dastmalchian is the saving grace of this film. It's worth a watch just for his performance.

  Unfortunately, the script sometimes falters and feels too expositional to present any mystery so the scares suffer as a result. The film doesn't fully commit to its found footage conceit with any confidence and so the analogue horror elements fall flat for the most part. I would love to see an alternate universe version of this film that had the…

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  Monkey Man 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 07 Apr 2024

  A shot from the POV of our fleeing protagonist known as Kid is literally face punched seamlessly into frenetic handheld coverage. Later, the momentum of a strike to the frame knocks the shot out of focus, turning sparks to bokehs and finally to smears of colour on dark backgrounds as consciousness fades. The camera swings pendulously above a crowd of traditionally garbed Diwali revellers before being plucked from its flight and careening through the throng, immersing us in bleary, rapturous…