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Recent reviews

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  Daniel Isn't Real 2019

  ★★★★ Rewatched 30 Sep 2023

  "DANIEL ISN'T REAL" is a mesmerizing descent into the shadows of the mind. This film takes the notion of an imaginary friend, twists it into something sinister, and serves it up with superb performances from Miles Robbins and Patrick Schwarzenegger. Director Adam Egypt Mortimer delves deep into themes of schizophrenia and trauma, creating a nightmarish yet captivating experience that echoes the neon-soaked style of Refn and the mind-bending horror of Brandon Cronenberg's "Possessor."

  The movie begins as a slow-burning character…

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  Bug 2006

  ★★★★ Watched 30 Sep 2023

  "Bug" creeps onto the screen with an unsettling yet strangely alluring mix of suspense and madness. The film, much like its title suggests, will burrow into your mind and make itself at home – like a bug you can't quite shake off, or in this case, an unsettling thought that lingers.

  Michael Shannon and Ashley Judd deliver electrifying performances that are as riveting as they are unnerving. Shannon, in particular, manages to turn paranoia into an art form.

  The film's…

Popular reviews

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  The Batman 2022

  ★★★★★ Watched 05 Mar 2022 2

  Nightmarish, gritty, & irrevocably scarred, just like the city he protects, "The Batman" is a brooding force of vengeance, pain, and anger!

  A dark, detective noir, that remarkably pays homage to the films that paved the way for The Riddler's inventive and bleak character arc. And it does so in a way that's respectful to the films it honours, all while staying completely original, only drawing from such film lore in order to expand and revitalise the formula. There are no…

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  Memoria 2021

  ★★★ Watched 08 Nov 2021 2

  I really wanted to love it, but I cannot sit here pretending I did, and I cannot pretend I had any idea as to what the fuck was going on most of the time. I've never seen a film so eager to remove, or shall I say separate, its audience from the experience. Jarring, overly long and lacking in substance, it felt like the director wanted to imitate Tsai Ming-Liang's style of filmmaking but failed miserably. So many, long, static…