Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Unbelievable Truth 1989

  ★★★★ Watched 13 Sep 2023

  I’ve never watched a Hartley movie and not have it light an artistic fire under my ass.

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  Blow Out 1981

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 09 Sep 2023

  “YOU KNOW THAT NEW SOUND YOU’RE LOOKING FOR? LISTEN TO THIS!”

Popular reviews

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  Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro 1979

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Aug 2019 1

  For all the fellow Blankies playing catch up with this one in particular....

  This movie is chaaaaarming.

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  Prey 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 06 Aug 2022

  This should have rocked cinemas.

  Its only great flaw is some chintzy CGI that’s endemic not just to steaming releases but to modern genre filmmaking in general. No worse than you’ve seen in some major franchise entries this year, and at least this has the dignity of putting it in actual, physical, atmospheric environments.

  Takes many a great lesson from McTiernan and uses them to push against the worst instincts of franchise culture. Remove any previous knowledge of the Predator franchise…