Favorite films

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  Shaun of the Dead 2004

  ★★★★½ Watched 05 Mar 2025 1

  Great film smiled from start to finish. Unbelievably close to home, ran passed the Winchester just the other day. When the world falling apart I reckon I’ll go to Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this to all blow over.

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  The Irishman 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Dec 2024

  Brilliant film. Very glad it was as long as it was. Throughly deserved a rewatch. At times felt it lacked an overarching plot but by the end come to love the following of ‘interior decorator/house painter’ Frank’s career and transition into end of life. Actually got me thinking about being an ol fart. ‘You don’t know how fast time goes by until you get there’. Thought provoking stuff. Would’ve loved a bit more Italian American talk but maybe that’s just…

Popular reviews

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  Whiplash 2014

  ★★★★★ Watched 02 Dec 2022

  A Freudian nightmare. Drummer boy faces trial by fire in a 107 minute palava. A boy on a bullet-train to stardom encounters a plethora of unexpected stops along the way. He’s faced with moments of madness, blindness and astonishment of heart. An insightful peak into the trials and tribulations of a young musician in gruelling industry.

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  GoodFellas 1990

  ★★★★½ Watched 15 Dec 2024

  film so good I’ll be watching it two times, two times.

  Off the back of finishing sopranos to start with I was just happy to see some old friends, the likes Dr Melfi (Karen Hill), Chris Moltisanti (Spider), and Paulie (Tony Cicero). But as the tape rolled I fell in love with it for its own genius. Brilliant film, characters and plot line. Feel like it was concluded quite quickly, but I’m starting to sense that’s the nature of life and death when it comes to Our Thing.

  Now go home and get your shine box.

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