Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Mary Poppins 1964

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 28 Apr 2005

  I must apologise to you all for I have been neglecting the film that shaped me. People see me and think “her ass is not Mary Poppins” but it’s simply not true. My ass is Mary Poppins. I rewatched this film for the first time in many years and I forgot that this film was thrust on me since the womb and I watched in shock last night as I realised it has informed the adult I’ve become. I knew…

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  Saltburn 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 19 Nov 2023

  took a while to write this as it has taken me this long to come to a conclusion. I have gone from being viscerally horrified, to absolutely baffled, to not really wanting to see this movie again, to deciding I liked it, to loving it, and (to bring us up to now) deciding I simply must see it again.

Popular reviews

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  Senior Year 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 13 May 2022

  SO GOOD!
  it is set out exactly like 2000s rom coms (which is the point) and answered my question of why don't they make movies like that anymore and it turns out people are bums and lazy and too pretentious for their own good. There is nothing wrong with making a movie like that. This made me smile and laugh and Rebel Wilson was amazing. Bringing a dated but iconic genre into this modern context was refreshing yet nostalgic. Groundbreaking. Fun.

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  Five Feet Apart 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 01 Feb 2021 1

  Oh my fucking god I’m wrecked. I never cry in movies but did I weep several times? Maybe. I started watching this last night and got to half an hour before the end but I had to stop and postpone it because I knew something bad was gonna happen and I didn’t have the strength to feel it. This film made me think about a few things; when you are a semi-permanent hospital resident you get to customise your room,…