thehermitage

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Will give anything a go. Particularly fond of Italian genre, Asian cinema, 1950s and DTV 1980’s action.

Favorite films

  • Tenebre
  • Witness for the Prosecution
  • Life Is Beautiful
  • Pale Flower

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  • Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

    ★★★

  • The Substance

    ★★★★★

  • Broken Rage

    ★★★★

  • Stray Dog

    ★★★★

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  • Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

    Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

    ★★★

    Action junk food. 
    Better than the first ninja with tight fight choreography and average everything else.
    Not much ninjitsu going on again.

  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★★★

    Thank God we have Coralie Fargeat, Brandon Cronenberg, Rose Glass and Julia Ducournau doing shit like this today.

    Just gutted I didn’t see it at the cinema.

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  • Mufasa: The Lion King

    Mufasa: The Lion King

    ★★★½

    Better than I was expecting.

    It still has everything I detest about the 2019 Lion King. At least this time we have a new story, new songs and new characters following the same arc as the original. 

    I prefer the picture/CGI this time as it’s more animated, bringing more life to the characters.

    My kids loved it, with my 10yr old daughter rating it 9/10. Watching this with family on a lazy Mothering Sunday morning it’s what’s it all about.

  • You'll Never Get Rich

    You'll Never Get Rich

    ★★★

    A light hearted romantic comedy where the plot just about keeps your attention. 

    A balding Fred Astaire and a beautiful Rita Hayworth shouldn’t work; their chemistry when dancing however, is wonderful.