Kieran

Kieran

But I liked The English Patient. Very confusing and far-fetched and very, very boring. It was my kind of film!

Favorite films

  • Big Night
  • Slacker
  • Sleep Furiously
  • Life Is Sweet

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  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    ★★★★★

  • London

    ★★★½

  • The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

    ★★★★½

  • A Different Man

    ★★★½

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  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    ★★★★★

    AND CHILDREN BY THE MILLION SING FOR ALEC GUINNESS WHEN HE COMES 'ROUND

    Watched in the summer and loved it. Even more satisfying rewatching now. This isn't so much television but an extended film (I feel the same way about Twin Peaks: The Return.) Timeless and masterful. If you don't like it then I'm afraid you might just be a bumbaclart.

  • London

    London

    ★★★½

    "Dirty old Blighty, undereducated, economically backward, bizarre. A catalogue of modern miseries with its fake traditions, its Irish war, its militarism and secrecy, its silly old judges, its hatred of intellectuals, its ill health and bad food, its sexual repression, its hypocrisy and racism, and its indolence."

    Kinda agonising a bit over whether it's 3.5 or 4 star for me. Really interesting time capsule of early 90s London showcasing pre-internet age malaise and restlessness. Some very human reflection over the…

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  • Better Man

    Better Man

    ★★★

    Been seeing a lot of fellow Brits (I tend to identify as Welsh over British but for convenience sake let's keep it moving) on Twitter lambasting 'yanks' for not *getting* or even knowing who Robbie Williams is. These cultural clashes and debates have played out at large online frequently, usually in the realm of cuisine.

    'y'all robbed the world of its spices but deadass only eat baked beans and boiled veg💀😭'

    'fuck off you marshmallow sweet potato nonce!'

    That sort…

  • Who Is Bozo Texino?

    Who Is Bozo Texino?

    ★★★★★

    I ain't afraid to put my head above the parapet here when I say that this might just be *the* definitive documentary film about hobo freight train graffiti.
    Five stars.

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