Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Love & Death 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 31 May 2023

  As stated in my review for Candy, I actually watched Love & Death before I watched Candy, not realising that both of the shows were based on the same true crime and murder. I just went into this one first, because I am a massive Elizabeth Olsen fan, and getting to watch her play a murderer was at the time of my list, apparently. Like Candy, both limited series have a bunch of pros and cons that outweigh the other, but…

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  Candy 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 31 May 2023

  So, I like to pride myself on my knowledge of true crime. Yet, I had never heard of this Texan, small-town murder mystery that happened between suburban housewives. I actually watched Love & Death first, and when researching the true crime, I discovered that Candy was just released a year before, but filmed after Love & Death. It just happened to beat the other to streaming by a year. Watching the both of them back to back, I was surprised by almost…

Popular reviews

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  I See You 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 10 Jul 2020 3

  Two years before I See You debuted on Netflix, there was this fantastic little movie called The Clovehitch Killer that expertly pulled the rug right out from underneath the unsuspecting audience with a twist that hits you at about the halfway point, changing the entire film. It had been several years since I'd seen a movie do something as clever as that and I See You doesn't just do it once, it does it three times. I had an absolute…

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  I Just Killed My Dad 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 12 Aug 2022

  It's a new week, and you know what that means. Netflix has dropped an all-new true crime limited series. The first episode of I Just Killed My Dad is a jaw-dropper. After the first episode had ended, I immediately had to binge the next two episodes. Most of the first episode plays like a story about a teenage boy who shot his father dead. Showing no emotion or remorse for the killing, are we witnessing a sociopath with no empathy?…