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Favorite films

  • The Matrix Reloaded
  • Unbreakable
  • Casino
  • The Fifth Element

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  • Breakout

    ★★★

  • Gone in 60 Seconds

    ★★★★

  • Twilight

    ★★★★

  • Maestro

    ★★★

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  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★★★

    Warner Bros
    2.39:1
    Color + Infrared
    Codex
    15 

    “You are not prepared for what is to come”

    In Dune: Part Two, Villeneuve crafts once again a thematically and visually rich spectacle with perfect balance of visceral and artistic expression. It is darker, bleaker and tonally complex with terrific balance throughout. In terms of iconography and production design it is nearly enough unparalleled within contemporary blockbuster discussion. Equally as impressive is Villeneuve finds away to find deeper engagement and engrossing depth…

  • Madame Web

    Madame Web

    SONY
    2.29:1
    Color
    Codex
    12a

    “When you take on the responsibility, great power will come”

    Madame Web is a consistently horrid, abysmal and patronising venture from a studio that has no interest in allowing a director to create, or understand the properties they have. Some blame needs to be put at S.J. Clarkson‘s feet but ultimately this a vehicle that has been sliced and diced by corporate conglomerates who do not understand audience or product. The editing is Michael Bay

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  • Breakout

    Breakout

    ★★★

    Indicator
    2.35:1
    Color
    35mm
    15

    “The day I'm reduced to making love in here is the day I give up”

    As tight and entertaining Charles Bronson vehicles go, Breakout is undoubtedly on the stronger side of the spectrum. It’s a feature that never overstates its welcome both in running time and screen development, ultimately what you see is what you get, treading quite a fine line between being a simplistic B-movie and the 1970s action escapade, albeit serving up entertainment nevertheless. It’s a little undercooked in terms of narrative and character depth albeit showcases one hell of a climatic horrifying death sequence.

    67

  • Gone in 60 Seconds

    Gone in 60 Seconds

    ★★★★

    Kaleidoscope
    1.85:1
    Color
    35mm
    15

     “I should have read my horoscope this morning”

    SPECIAL EDITION 

    As a narrative or story, Gone in 60 Seconds is undoubtedly weak but as a set or genre piece it is an often frightening but compelling endeavour of stunt work and craftsmanship. Genuinely throughout murmurs of “how was nobody killed here?” are both thought and felt with seismic response to what actor-director H.B. Halicki achieves here on screen. Attributes that would in fact take his life…

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  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    ★★

    Disney + Lucasfilm. Vue Extreme Cinema
    2.39:1
    Color 
    35mm + 65mm + Codex
    12
    2D

    “Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to”

    Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi is a bitterly disappointing, flat, tiresome, and ultimately disastrous attempt at wanting to stand out against the norm. The tone is completely utterly wrong for such a massively important episode in a franchise that needs to go darker and embrace it. It has no clue of what it wants to…

  • Joker

    Joker

    ★★★★

    VENICE 2019

    ”Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out there?”

    Phoenix is phenomenal. Dark, gritty & fucking crazy Joker is more on the lines of Mean Streets than Taxi Driver but is clearly heavily influenced on the latter. It all looks to be serving a masterclass, but Phillips stumbles in the last hurdle with the film not knowing if it wants to stand alone as its own entity or be enticed and constricted by the lore that surrounds it.

    80

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