Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man 1991

  ★★ Watched 23 Mar 2023

  If was fine, full of plot holes and nonsense but this is forgiven as it’s got the charm and fun of 90s cinema and doesn’t take itself too serious and have to shoehorn excessive character work or villain backstory like action movies these days. Short and sweet goes a long way. 

  Don Johnson is charming as always. 

  Mickey Rourke is effortlessly cool and it’s before he botched his face up with plastic surgery. 

  Tom Sizemore is a one note cartoon…

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  Bull 2021

  ★★★ Rewatched 23 Mar 2023

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  Revenge, brutal violence and a final act that no one saw coming.(maybe) 

  Gritty, intense and incredibly evil characters. Great acting all round.

  The end may be a little corny and really asks the viewer to suspend their disbelief, but by the time you get to it you’ve just been bombarded by some incredibly heavy stuff so it’s easy enough to roll with it. Makes it a unique revenge movie instead of just like every other one. Not sure how it…

Popular reviews

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  Silver Linings Playbook 2012

  ★★ Watched 12 Mar 2023

  Good enough acting but an overindulgent and bloated story with poor chemistry between the characters. 

  The story is simple but it takes too long to get to the point and it’s really not told that well. The director doesn’t use the 2 hr+ Run time to full effect and the plot gets bogged down in trying to make you feel Bradley Cooper is crazy, we get it he’s got serious issues but maybe develop some other characters at the same…

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  Aftersun 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 11 Mar 2023

  Slowburn but unforgettable. 

  The pace is Not necessarily a bad thing but I could see a lot of people not really getting into the way it’s slowly and disjointedly told. Probably could’ve shaved 10 mins off to tighten it up but then you lose indy cinematography cred I guess. 

  Sticking with it rewards you with an incredibly emotional payoff and something that will stay with you after the credits roll. 

  It’s an Interesting look at how kids perceive their parents…