Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  High Life 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Mar 2023

  Loved it, absolutely gorgeous with a distinct and deeply immersive mood. I would have liked to feel a bit more connected to characters, but the performances were all really interesting.

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  Big Little Lies 2017

  ★★★★½ Watched 27 Mar 2023

  Season 1. Outstanding. The acting in this is inspiring, the characters are so perfectly realised. Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley in particular are brilliant. I love the writing and how it's all structured, that last episode had me crying hard. Probably one of the best edited shows I've seen. 9/10

  Season 2. Nicole Kidman continues to be amazing, and Meryl Streep kills it with her characterisation as always. Laura Dern is the star of this season though, Renata is the…

Popular reviews

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  Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood 2019

  ★★★★½ Added

  The way this film recreates the 60s is utterly jaw-dropping and immersive. From the cars, fashion, colours, sound and of course old Hollywood and the culture. Though I had a slight problem with the length, this film is driven by its variety of scenes, some of which border on being vignettes. And they're there to build the world, characters and really just recreate the time, while telling a story.

  Possibly one of Tarantino's more consistently humorous works, it's more playful…

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  The Northman 2022

  ★★★★★ Added 2

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

  Human beings love stories, we always have. We use them to bring shape to our lives, direction and meaning. But when we make these stories permanent within us, never allowing ourselves to change or grow beyond them, we are robbed of our humanity. Many ancient cultures made some stories their fate, the Vikings especially.

  In Robert Eggers' third effort, he follows a man tethered to a fate, and a story. Amleth's story, the one he has repeated to himself since…