Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  I don't have to feel guilty. It's okay for me to be happy

  Might have got that quote wrong, but whatever he says at the end of the movie.
  Look, the politics is a bit much, some not relevant characters, no threesome, and they could have actually gone into cloning ethics more.
  But I do not care. Really enjoyed, Mark Ruffalo and Toni Collette very good. Robert Pattinson continues to impress me. People are saying his voice is irritating but I seriously think it was a bold and correct choice for this story

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  Anora 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  Really fun, loads of energy, loads of character, brilliant ending
  I think it avoids the problem of trying to un-glamourise sex work but has too much of it in it to do so - instead sex scenes are contained and meaningful, only slightly edging on gratuitous. The ending is a perfect demonstration of this which is why I love it so much.
  Shout out Sean Baker, I hope he won't be broke anymore

Popular reviews

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  Heat 1995

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 23 Feb 2025

  It seriously doesn't get better than this.
  It was a huge pleasure to be able to watch this on the big screen in 35mm, and every time I watch this I find something new.
  When McCauley calls Charlene near the start of the film, Akira is on the TV behind her. What a prudent choice from my goat: it may seem slightly random, but what better film to choose than a dystopian sci-fi, set in an endless city of lights…

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  Incendies 2010

  ★★★★½ Watched 16 Feb 2025

  Visceral presentation of war, revolution and a woman's experience in all of this. Burning images of people and things inconceivable under the warm blanket of the west.
  Unforgettable