Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Aurora 2010

  ★★★½ Watched 14 Jun 2020

  With it...not with it...with it...not with it...

  When it works it’s equally as compelling as it is thought provoking...when it doesn’t it’s equally as dull as it is mind numbing.

  Challenging with few rewards but impeccably staged and nuanced.

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  House of Tolerance 2011

  ★★★★½ Watched 24 May 2020

  What did I just watch?

  Utterly stupendous...with the best use of the Moody Blues’ Nights in White Satin you’re ever likely to see!

Popular reviews

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  Boyhood 2014

  ★★★★★ Watched 20 Jan 2015 2

  As a film fan, one of the biggest issues you have to deal with is expectancy. With 'Boyhood' I made the choice to skip it at the cinema and wait for general release. During the intervening months however its been bombarded with all kinds of praise, the kind of adulation usually reserved for true Hollywood classics. When the moment arrived to finally see it I had to keep my expectancy levels very firmly under control. I needn't have bothered though,…

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  Marketa Lazarová 1967

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 17 Sep 2017 2

  You've heard people say "it's a hard film to put into words", I'm guilty of using the phrase too on occasion, so I'm gonna use it here too lol, it's a hard film to put into words, as a result it's more of a rambling than a review...

  When I first saw this movie it was a mere 18 months ago, and my initial thoughts were ones of confusion, wonder, disbelief and elation.

  - Confusion as to the fact that…