Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Inland Empire 2006

  ★★★★½ Watched 24 Mar 2025

  Unpleasant, disorienting and very powerful. Does more with the specifics of the medium of film (light, sound, editing) than anything I've seen in a long time. A true and seemingly unending nightmare of the violence inherent to the various forms of men attempting to own and control women. Laura Dern is magnificent.

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  House of Games 1987

  ★★★★★ Watched 23 Mar 2025

  Psychologically interesting, very exciting story and looks beautiful. Joe Mantegna's con-man is more grimy dishonesty than movie star charisma which makes for a much better character.

Popular reviews

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  Dune: Part Two 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 04 Mar 2024

  Visually wonderful - not just in its sheer scale, but especially anytime something or someone floats gently. The action sequences of guerrilla warfare against the Harkonnen mining equipment are electrifying.

  And yet I left the cinema are little disappointed. As much as its a feast for the eyes, I struggled to connect meaningfully with the story. Paul's journey from reluctant messiah to messiah was inevitable and Chalamet's performance didn't add anything to make this more engaging. The disagreements amongst the…

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  Alien: Romulus 2024

  ★½ Watched 27 Aug 2024 1

  The first truly cowardly movie in the Alien franchise. Fan service ranging from cringe inducing (get away from her you bitch) to despicable (the digital necromancy on Ian Holm). I thought the film had an original idea until I remembered it had been done more interestingly in Resurrection.

  It's basically competent, the set design isn't bad and David Jonsson is good but the flaws are abundant and glaring.