Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Dog Man 2025

  ★★★ Watched 15 Feb 2025

  Half term watch plus first cinema trip for the youngest (he’s a fan)

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  Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 14 Oct 2024

  Donald Sutherland should know you do all your chopping prior to stir frying. Also, he had the heat far too low on that wok, there was no sizzle. Lastly, the ginger should’ve gone in early doors, and definitely not post-celery.

Popular reviews

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  A Tale of Springtime 1990

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Aug 2022

  A middle tier Rohmer, but that still qualifies it for the dizzy heights of four stars. Not many films pivot on a smoking potato peeler. The slow camera zooms as characters embark on a monologue are very engaging, and the wafer thin necklace mystery is a fun distraction. My only qualm as a citizen of extortionate London is how all these teachers and journos have collections of Paris apartments and country houses!

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  Babylon 2022

  ★★★★★ Watched 12 Apr 2023

  Margot Robbie is supreme in this, a destroyer of worlds. And yes yes, the film is bloated, cringey, etc. But for me it’s full marks because of its flaws, not despite them. And I’m sure the cockroach/critic analogy in no way impacted the critical reception here, right?

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