John Gibb

John Gibb

108Films

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Writer. Voyeur. Sideburn aficionado.

Scotland
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Favorite films

  • Barry Lyndon
  • Picnic at Hanging Rock
  • Mulholland Drive
  • Trading Places

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  • Day of the Flowers

    ★★½

  • The Lifeguard

    ★★★★

  • Differently, Molussia

    ★★★

  • His Big White Self

    ★★★½

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  • Silent House

    Silent House 2011

    ★★½ Watched 08 May 2012

    Ropey.

  • Once Upon a Time in the West

    Once Upon a Time in the West 1968

    ★★★★★ Rewatched 22 Apr 2012

    Easily the best western ever made. Possibly the best film, depending on what day you ask me.

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  • Human Traffic

    Human Traffic 1999

    ½ Rewatched 13 Feb 2012 8

    Dire.

    A catalogue of Friday night's pills and powder intake does not a movie make. Nor do five endlessly self-justifying bores constantly winking and nudging and screaming and sledgehammering the viewer with "THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE WHEN YOU'RE ON DRUGS! THIS IS EXACTLY HOW IT FEELS WHEN YOU ARE ON DRUGS! AM I RIGHT? AM I RIGHT?"

    That it has the gall to reference TRAINSPOTTING, an immensely superior film which throws its own failings into almost comic relief,…

  • Public Speaking

    Public Speaking 2010

    ★★★★★ Rewatched 03 Mar 2012

    Two hours of Fran Lebowitz talking.

    It's too short.

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