StephG7

StephG7

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  • Taxi Driver

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  • The Two Popes

    ★★★★★

  • Oldboy

    ★★★★★

  • Midsommar

    ★★★½

  • The King

    ★★★

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  • The Two Popes

    The Two Popes

    ★★★★★

    Give thanks if you are about to watch this film, for it is a holy and triumphant miracle guaranteed to win you over and have you yelling ‘Amen for a good movie!’ at the end, no matter your personal beliefs.

    I found myself (an obstinate atheist) both spiritually and emotionally moved by this delicately handled piece. It’s a scintillating but subtle film, that grips you right from the beginning with riveting dialogue, delivered of course by two titans of the…

  • Oldboy

    Oldboy

    ★★★★★

    This is the thriller to end all thrillers. A nail biting, electrifying, nerve wracking rendition of revenge that will leave you reeling and gasping in shock.


    Park Chan Wook somehow combines ultimate violence with soul crushing beauty, and weaves them together with a score that will creep under your skin and bury itself there like a parasite for days.

    This is extreme revenge cinema like only South Korea can produce, and yet every single frame of violence is completely justified…

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  • The King

    The King

    ★★★

    Even though Chalamet really does seem to crown every role he takes in pure acting gold, I sadly won’t be bowing down to this latest offering from David Michod.

    While both the acting and art direction are undeniably faultless, and even seem to reach moments of brutally realistic and historically accurate glory, the film as a whole seems to suffer from a woefully lackluster script that feels as if it is always beginning, and never really reaches a true climax.…

  • Parasite

    Parasite

    ★★★★★

    Quite simply, a modern day masterpiece.

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