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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971

★★★★★ Watched 05 Dec 2024 3

My main criticism about the recent Wonka film was that the songs weren't all that great in my opinion. This here starts off with The Candy Man Can, a total banger right out of the gate! A few minutes later I had to pause the movie because all the exterior shots felt so familiar to me. Turns out, not only was it shot in Munich, they shot it only a few streets away from my old flat. With this and…
In Bruges 2008

★★★★★ Rewatched 13 Dec 2024 3

It's been a rite of passage that I've had with In Bruges. I have first seen this one at an impressionable age. You know, when a film becomes your personailty - could have done worse, though. Over the last years, I've reconciled with the film's shortcomings. Now I am back to thinking that this one is absolutely brilliant. There is nothing quite like it. That constant sense of melancholy that permeates this film is something that more Christmas movies could…

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Speak No Evil 2022

★★★½ Watched 30 Dec 2024

Lots to unpack with this one. Quite early on the film made very clear that it was a horror film about social anxieties. All those people taking pictures with their flash on during that concert already made me feel uneasy. The score is pretty overwhelming, that could have been done less on-the-nose but it did the trick. I was on the edge just watching the Danish parents sip their wine. The film makes it very clear that Danish dad Bjørn…
The Wizard of Oz 1939

★★★★½ Rewatched 29 Dec 2024

What a film! This technicolour dream is even more of a joy on a rewatch, then you can take in more of the tiny details. The transition from sepia Kansas to the world of Oz is a perfect movie moment. Just when you marvelled at it, the film throws an unbelievable amount of munchkins at you. You also have to deal with the weird plotpoint that the house landed on one of the witches. What now? No time to ponder,…

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Dune 2021

★★★★ Watched 30 Sep 2021 8

On the drive home my mate and I put it this way: It's like going on a blind date with a person who you already know you are going to like a lot. You are ready to get your heart taken by storm and to fall in love head over heels. Then Dune shows up at the bar and tells you right away that it wants to take it extremely slow and for you to first get to know its…
Nope 2022

★★★½ Watched 09 Aug 2022 3

Well, this is a Jordan Peele film, alright. And much like his other two I liked it, I think? To me his films are on the one hand a little frustrating and on the other highly fascinating. I attended a packed pre-pre-premiere, now that the film is finally coming over the pond. I'll first get the technical aspect's over with: van Hoytema's cinematography is beautiful and the sound design is eerie and obscure.
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