Owen Heaton

Owen Heaton

Favorite films

  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • Hot Fuzz
  • The Incredibles

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  • Split

    ★★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park

    ★★★★

  • Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

    ★★½

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  • Split

    Split

    ★★★★

    The weird bruce willis avengers-esque post credits scene kinda ruined this for me because i had to google what it meant after - and its about a film I've never heard of and probably won't watch anytime soon.

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    Where can a Director go having made Parasite - probably one of the best, if not successful films of the 21st century.

    The answer is to not try and replicate it. Instead, to clearly have loads of fun making a wacky, high concept sci-fi film with blaringly obvious socio political messages with cheesy, camp performances.

    Jaw dropped seeing my man Thomas Turgoose (Shaun from This is England) and the welrd bassoon kid from Fleabag somehow find their way into a Hollywood film.

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  • Babylon

    Babylon

    ★★

    Four things i learnt whilst watching babylon

    One : it's long
    Two : it's so long that by the end when it supposedly showcases how far cinema has come in 70 years, i feel like ive been watching the film for 70 years
    Three : it's stupidly long that it doesnt actually focus much time on making its sequences and characters memorable

    And Four : no one will ever look as good in Dungarees as margot robbie

  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★★

    Watch number 2 after being too drunk to properly comprehend and having someone next to me giggling and trying to talk to me for the whole film.

    Its a beautifully, picture perfect shot film aesthetically and also has exceptional sound design. I thought the screenplay and exploration of the gothic, 19th Century setting paired with Eggers usual folklore explorations were fantastic. Bill Skarsgaaed pulls off a brilliant transformation into Count Orlok, Willem Dafoe (consistently getting the best roles in Eggers…

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