Quillby

Quillby

Favorite films

  • Inception
  • Ginger Snaps
  • Jennifer's Body
  • The Terminator

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  • Longlegs

    ★★

  • Civil War

    ★★★★

  • Lisa Frankenstein

    ★★★★★

  • Suzume

    ★★★

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  • Longlegs

    Longlegs

    ★★

    As the credits rolled, I turned to my husband and apologised for my pick of this film for date night.
    I wanted 'Silence of the Lambs' and got -- I don't actually know what I got besides a vague feeling of frustration for an interesting premise that was utterly wasted.
    Being written and directed by someone who had appeared in 'Legally Blonde' was still not enough to redeem this movie in my eyes.

  • Civil War

    Civil War

    ★★★★

    I went into this film completely blind, and -- full disclosure -- with the expectations I suspect of the majority of viewers. The 'War Movie' can be many things, but of late, seems to mean explosions, gratuitous violence and no room for the murky silt of the morally grey. I was wrong. This is not a movie for fistfuls of popcorn and watching the 'good guys' win. This is a movie examining the aesthetics of war -- and I mean…

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  • The Nun II

    The Nun II

    ★★

    There were some good scary moments and beautiful shots, but no cohesive story or any characters I actually cared about to make it work as a whole.