Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Crimes of the Future 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Oct 2024

  Only a Cronenberg can make gore, body horror and self-mutilation so erotic.

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  You'll Never Find Me 2023

  ★★★ Watched 07 Oct 2024

  There's so much more they could've done with this premise - so many interesting directions they could've taken it. But instead it veers into an all too familiar payoff that renders all the gripping and interesting buildup pointless. Credit must go however to the unsettling atmosphere and excellent sound design that makes this film, above all, incredibly immersive.

Popular reviews

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  Searching 2018

  ★★★½ Watched 01 Oct 2019

  This is a film that probably wouldn't have worked 20 years ago. Imagine a mystery movie unfolding over Skype calls and Google searches. But today's climate is much different, and cases like these are only becoming more common. I'll admit, I had my expectations low on the outset — a mystery movie taking place over the internet? So the moral of this story isn't going to be hard to guess. Stay safe on the internet, right? Don't talk to strangers?…

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  Cure 1997

  ★★★★½ Watched 03 Oct 2020

  Watching this film was one of the most unsettling experiences I've ever had. Very few times has a horror genuinely made me feel so alone. It's as if 'Cure' puts the viewer in a hypnotic trance while they watch. I did not expect this film to be so creepy and ethereal in its atmosphere. I'd liken it to 'Ringu' or Michael Haneke's 'Cache' but there is something profoundly more ominous and hollow about this film than anything I've ever seen.…