Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 24 Mar 2025

  Biggest surprise of the year so far.

  Loved how we got all the swagger and coolness of a spy romp but only with dialogue, clean suits and a great mystery.

  The cast is stellar as everyone steals each scene they are in as you dive deeper into the characters and what makes them tick.

  The direction and script are the top stars here as you are hanging on every word in every frame of fogged light.

  8.2 out of 10

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  Last Breath 2025

  ★★★ Watched 24 Mar 2025

  Solid true story thriller that focuses more on the event step by step than the individuals involved.

  This could have easily been in Hollywood mode, constantly trying to pull the heart strings with selling music and a different background for the characters. But instead it focuses on the procedural aspect so the viewer is able to see from beginning to end what these men and women had to go through to save one of there own.

  Performances were grounded with nothing too over the top and I really enjoyed seeing the ins and outs of something I knew nothing about.

  6.1 out of 10

Popular reviews

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  The Fifth Element 1997

  ★★ Watched 13 May 2019 6

  I'm not sure what just happened.

  I watched this on a request from the wife, saying she loved it growing up. I love how the nerd can come out of us all but I'm in awe of this thing. Not in a good way.

  With so much introduced in the first 10 minutes and even more up until the final shot, I couldn't keep track of names, planets, motives etc etc etc. I think this created it's own genre. With…

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  Reservoir Dogs 1992

  ★★★★½ Watched 18 Jun 2019

  "If you shoot me in a dream you better wake up and apologize!"

  What? Who comes up with that?

  I am in awe of this film. From the structure to the script to the characters, this thing is rapid fire dialogue and tension to the core. All great performances and plot that keeps you guessing, Tarantino shows his mastery right off the bat.

  This is my 4th film of his to catch up on before Hollywood, and it didnt disappoint.…