Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Challengers 2024

  Watched 23 Jun 2024

  Oh the heat. What a fun movie. What a love story.

  Dripping with intensity, Luca Guadagnino does it again.

  My mouth literally fell open.

  I gasped. I screamed. I clapped.

  The excitement. The tension.

  This is Shakespearean storytelling.

  We’re entwined in this film, this tournament, this relationship, and it’ll keep you coming back for more.

  The spectators, the players. The rivals, the lovers. The audience, the actors.

  The motion picture, the viewer's reality.

  Together.

  Again. And again. And again.

  One…

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  Dune: Part Two 2024

  Watched 29 Feb 2024

  This evening I returned to the sands of the desert planet, Arrakis, with Dune: Part Two.

  Denis Villenueve, a visionary, has outdone himself. Utterly, utterly astonishing.

  What a ride. 

  A spectacular, immersive cinematic event. A stunning, soaring sequel of shock-and-awe that is out of this world.

  Gorgeous.

  A wonder. A triumph.

  A galactic film that reaches operatic heights.

  A masterpiece indeed.

  Sci-fi has been elevated to the next level. This is one for the history books.

  Go experience the blockbuster…

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  Bones and All 2022

  Watched 26 Nov 2022

  Reuniting with Timothée Chalamet, Luca Guadagnino presents a fragile truthfulness that drifts through the screen and touches the audience. A pensive, tender expression of film.

  An intense sensitivity fills every frame. As you roam together with the characters you become part of their world, and they become a part of you. Getting lost with the young lovers is done so with ease. An all-consuming venture.

  Drifting to the outskirts of society and discovering yourself reflected in the eyes of someone…