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Recent reviews

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  Secret Sunshine 2007

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Mar 2025

  Sunday night downer. Brilliant performances all through this and I loved the simple plot that seemed to allow for the most depressing things ever to happen consistently. Once she was an immediately born again Christian (in maybe the most affecting scene in the whole movie, conjuring There Will Be Blood [if plainview was in any way genuine in that church], it’s where Jeon Do-yeon really shines) I knew something would come along to upend that worldview. It’s obvious that Lee…

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  Twin Peaks: The Return 2017

  ★★★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  Best thing I’ve ever seen in my life probably. Best coda that might ever be made by anyone. Rest in peace.

Popular reviews

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  The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl 2025

  ★★★ Watched 07 Feb 2025

  Really well performed versions of these songs, North West notwithstanding. When I first saw the title I thought it would be a filmed version of the musical which I saw years ago, alas. Unfortunately very boring to look at and the cuts to the crowd are awful every time. Good behind the scenes featurettes throughout and great music.

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  The Curse 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 12 Jan 2024

  I loved this. I will watch anything Nathan Fielder is involved with probably forever. The performances are some of the best I've seen, everything felt so real and so genuine. And yet it was completely absurd and giga-cringe at so many points and still worked for me the whole way through. I belly laughed every single episode at least once, especially the last few, but the cherry tomato moment in the first episode had me crying. I loved how this…