Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992

  ★★ Watched 13 Dec 2024

  Unbearably uncomfortable to watch

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  The Last Samurai 2003

  ★★★ Watched 01 Dec 2024

  This film has me confused, emotionally. I found it deeply moving, with amazing performances all round, following the protagonist come to terms with the horrors of war and the beauty in understanding rather than fighting. Then…

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  … it all seems to change. It maintains its tragic story of the threat of loosing culture and beliefs but it comes to the conclusion that the only way to honour them is in a blaze of “fire and glory”. While honourable, the…

Popular reviews

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  Perfect Days 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 15 Jul 2024

  Finding beauty in the ordinary. It’s one thing to make a character that’s happy with their ‘mundane’ life but I actually felt it myself. The focus on physical media throughout like tapes and film photography perfectly add to the vibe of this warm flawed perfect film.

  The acting, directing, camera work all build something so…special.

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  Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 05 Sep 2022

  This film is weird, really really weird. At many points it
  feels like it contains all the ideas from pitch meetings
  that get thrown out when the boss says 'there are no
  bad ideas'. Though when most would immediately
  shoot these down and judge the life of whoever blurted
  them out, this film uses them in a chaotic, almost
  beautiful way.
  While the concept of a multiverse has been beaten to
  death a bit recently (particularly with Marvel), this film…

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