Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes 2023

  ★★ Watched 26 Nov 2023

  I’m just going to be blunt : This movie fucking sucks

  Another fucking cashgrab. 

  This is what modern IP filmmaking is, if you have the IP and you need the money, you have the try to make a movie right? No matter how bad it turns out. 

  The books are something and the guy is hot so it’ll make $200 million

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  The Zone of Interest 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 19 Nov 2023

  Jewish International Film Festival 2023 

  Australian Premier 

  Jonathan Glazer hasn’t made a film in 10 years. What anticipation - and he has delivered a masterpiece.

Recent reviews

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  What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962

  ★★★★ Watched 03 Dec 2023

  Insane dynamic - what a duo, both on and behind the camera.

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  On the Waterfront 1954

  ★★★★½ Watched 03 Dec 2023

  Marlon Brando is on another level here, every scene he steals and the choices he makes with the character is still so entertaining to watch and ponder over 70 years later.

Popular reviews

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  Paths of Glory 1957

  ★★★★½ Watched 04 Jun 2020

  What else can I say but Masterpiece? 

  Difficult to watch, but a Masterpiece.

  War brings out the worst in humanity and Kubrick can bring that directly to the screen in the clearest way possible: through powerful dialogue/ performances and impressive, effective camerawork where every frame is saying something crucial.

  This film made me feel uncomfortable, similar to Full Metal Jacket or A Clockwork Orange.

  The last scene was perfection!

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  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019

  ½ Added

  I hate giving 1/2 star reviews. 

  I only give half a star when I'm watching a collection of images and sounds put together as a "movie" such as "Nail Gun Massacre" (1985) or "August Underground" (2001). 

  This thing, (I'm not comfortable calling it a movie) is a checklist of ideas that studios and producers had to conform to make money. 

  It's a global business, not creative art or cinema.