Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Midsommar 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 30 Oct 2022

  I feel like my Swedish friends owe me a bit of an explanation.

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  Julie & Julia 2009

  ★★★½ Watched 21 Aug 2022

  Loved learning about Julia Child’s life. Didn’t care for the whinging Julie. Nice reveal at the end when you realize you’ve learnt everything about Child through the eyes of Julie, and Meryl Streep delivers in spades.

Popular reviews

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  Django Unchained 2012

  ★★★★ Added 1

  Loved the pure Western indulgence of this film and the brutally honest portrayal of gun-loving, nigger hating ole U.S. of A. Christoph Waltz clearly making a deal with Tarantino that this film will show him as a 'good' German. A cynical evaluation might even ponder whether this is the best backdrop to make the German the most humane character we meet... Nevertheless, Waltz and Foxx are a great match and the music, slow mo, torture scenes, bloodbaths and Theatre of…

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  Blue Valentine 2010

  ★★★★ Added 3

  Like watching a car crash but with phenomenally good actors. Loved the theme of broken relationship and the inevitable doom of the future struck a melancholy chord. I've often wondered if we are destined to become our parents despite all our best efforts, so the film kinds spoke to me on that level...