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Recent reviews

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  The Duel at Silver Creek 1952

  ★★★★ Watched 25 Nov 2024

  I enjoyed this a lot. It's no masterpiece but it's a brilliant example of a super tight and efficient western that hits all the right tropes and subverts a few others. If you can think of a more exciting western under 80 minutes I'm all ears

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  Oasis: Knebworth 1996 2021

  ★★★★★ Watched 31 Oct 2024 2

  I hate that music gig films are so highly rated on a film site like Letterboxd. Then I watch Oasis Knebworth 1996. I was there on the Saturday. 15 years old. Changed my life. How can you not give 5* to a documentary film that captures one of your lifetime greatest memories?!

Popular reviews

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  Frankenstein 2015

  ★★★★★ Watched 02 Oct 2016 1

  Film #13 from my list for Hoop-Tober 3.0 challenge.

  I have never found cinematic adaptations of Frankenstein particularly engaging or inspiring. A classic ‘monster movie’? Absolutely. A profound and richly complex exploration of humanity and the human condition? Not so much.

  That is until now.

  This modern day interpretation by Bernard Rose is truly outstanding and I urge you to see it.

  To be honest, with more than 50 Frankenstein adaptations already available, I would almost certainly have given this…

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  Ninja Scroll 1993

  ★★★★½ Watched 12 Jan 2018 5

  2018 Cult Movie Challenge: Anime (my list)

  Death, disease, wanton destruction. Rape, mass murder and disembowelment. If you are still watching after the first ten minutes of Ninja Scroll then you are going to love this film.

  I am admittedly a relative newcomer to manga anime, but Ninja Scroll was like nothing I have seen before. The trouble is that I am not sure if I have plunged straight in at the deep end or is it possible I am…