Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The School for Good and Evil 2022

  ★★½ Watched 12 Nov 2022

  Wizarding World for the braindead.
  Devoid of any subtlety or nuance, TSFGAE shows remarkably little respect and interest in the world it depicts.
  And yet, the most wondrous thing: I still found myself amused enough by the film throughout its rather long runtime. Chances are though, I won't remember any of it in two weeks time and I have no itch to dive back into its world – that, perhaps, is the biggest failure for a film of this kind.

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  Prey 2022

  ★★★★ Rewatched 12 Aug 2022

  (Second viewing in Comanche.)

Popular reviews

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  Roma 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 24 Feb 2019

  Alfonso Cuarón does what he does best, and this time he is nominated for both best direction and best cinematography as he himself did the beautiful camerawork for this movie. And I am 100% with this.

  What I can not quite agree on, is the nomination for best writing and best movie overall. There are stories more emotional, more interesting, more devastating - more memorable.
  And after the first two hours of virtually nothing happening, I expected (or hoped for)…

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  Hereditary 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 01 Jul 2018

  Deeply disturbing and uneasy experience that feels way too real for comfort. Acting and direction are impeccable aswell.