Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Hurt Locker 2008

  ★★★½ Watched 22 Mar 2025

  Tense as hell.

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  The Gorge 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 02 Mar 2025

  A touch predictable - but a fun time overall. I would have liked a bit of a slower build to the central relationship.

Popular reviews

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  Corpse Bride 2005

  ★★★★ Rewatched 22 Jan 2025

  I didn’t know this was a Laika Studio movie - though the character design is a clear giveaway really. It’s not as good as ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ - but what is ?

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 01 Jan 2025

  I’ve heard that Nosferatu was ‘Dracula with the serial numbers filed off’ - and yeah, that’s not wrong ! It lifts pretty heavily from that story - not that that’s bad, and it does kinda become its own thing ( kinda ). It’s got some great cinematography and some intense ‘horror’ bits, though I don’t know that I would say it’s a horror film really ( a film reviewer I follow described it as a ‘dark fantasy’ - and I…