Thomas Ballard

Thomas Ballard

Favorite films

  • Scarface
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • Whiplash
  • Nightcrawler

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  • Skincare

  • Afraid

    ★★★

  • Children of Men

    ★★★★★

  • Zulu

    ★★★★½

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  • Skincare

    Skincare

    Sometimes I love when getting comfy and leaving the remote across the room when I've got a movie channel on leads to me watching whatever random movie comes on next with an open mind. It leading to me watching Skincare has definitely soured me on this experience though. Are the characters going to keep their skin smooth by simply living in a world where nothing ever happens to ensure their never aging, or were we all just conned into watching…

  • Afraid

    Afraid

    ★★★

    It's a decently put together, well acted, "The dangers of A.I. story", which is unfortunately hindered by not having a single thing to say itself that hasn't been said by 100 million other people in the last couple years. Interesting little concept that's hindered by being incredibly milquetoast in it's execution, but ultimately an okay 5/10 film uplifted a point by a solid cast.

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  • Whiplash

    Whiplash

    ★★★★★

    I went to watch this movie in the cinema with my dad. As soon as it ended, we both looked at each other grinning, it was a 10/10 movie for both of us.

    This movie is truly mindblowing. I waited for a day after I saw it before writing a review, and I can still say after thinking about it, this is one of the greatest movies I have ever seen, and it instantly topped my 2014 Top 10. I…

  • The Babadook

    The Babadook

    ★★

    This is a difficult one to rate, because I'm not sure completely how I feel about it. It's a decent movie but the main characters are very annoying, the ending tried too hard to be original and in return was rushed and underwhelming, and most importantly, the bababdook regularly used the dragon screech noise from Warcraft 2 (an exact rip of the noise) and hence I couldn't stop laughing at times when it was meant to be scary

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