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  • Dunkirk

    Dunkirk 2017

    ★★★★ Watched 26 Aug 2024

    Went into it not really knowing much. Wasn't expecting to be dropped into the middle of things with no set up, no character establishment, no nothing really. Found it quite novel and thoroughly enjoyed the film as it unfolded. Lovely nod to Churchill's Speech by Iron Maiden at the end.

  • The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

    The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 2024

    ★★★★ Watched 26 Aug 2024 1

    Director Jon Spira has dedicated his latest documentary to my late brother, so I was never not going to like it. But... The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee is, genuinely, a supremely engaging, thoughtful and at times laugh out loud funny telling of the actor's long life. Narrated by a black and white marionette of Christopher Lee who is voiced by Peter Serafinowicz (thankfully doing more of a homage to the great man than an out-and-out impression), the film…

  • Alien: Romulus

    Alien: Romulus 2024

    ★★★½ Watched 22 Aug 2024

    So Prey is to Predator, Alien Romulus is to Alien - a back to basics focus on what made the first film so effective, although Romulus doesn't quite reach the heights of Prey. It very much feels like an Alien film for the next generation (and my 17 year old LOVED it and was particularly complementary of the fact that the dialogue actually reflected how young people talk to each other). There's a bit of every Alien film in here,…

  • Demonoid: Messenger of Death

    Demonoid: Messenger of Death 1981

    ★ Watched 01 Aug 2024

    A film whose intro promises so much (tits, gore) but delivers so little (no more tits, not much more gore). Woeful.

  • Censor

    Censor 2021

    ★★★ Watched 01 Aug 2024

    To be honest I would have been perfectly happy with a drama about the trials and tribulations of a mid-80s film censor. The unravelling psychological stuff was fine, but led to an ending that I'm not sure really makes much sense.

  • Letters from Iwo Jima

    Letters from Iwo Jima 2006

    ★★★★ Watched 28 Jul 2024

    If I had one complaint it's that save for one scene when the US troops land on the beach, the film doesn't really give a sense of the scale of the battle. It feels like there's about 50 Japanese troops defending the whole island. That aside, Letters from Iwo Jima is a well-constructed, thought-provoking war film.

  • 84 Charing Cross Road

    84 Charing Cross Road 1987

    ★★★★ Watched 08 Jul 2024

    Quiet, understated and sublime.

  • Wicked Little Letters

    Wicked Little Letters 2023

    ★★★½ Watched 13 Jun 2024

    The best/only British film about swearing since The King's Speech.

  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona

    Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2008

    ★★½ Watched 12 Jun 2024

    Can't deny it's a well-crafted film with uniformly excellent performances - plus Barcelona looks lovely - but it just didn't click. Didn't mind the often-criticised narration, but just didn't really like any of the characters and found the ending so underwhelming that 30 minutes after I'd finished watching it I couldn't actually remember the final scene.

  • Spider-Man: No Way Home

    Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021

    ★★★★½ Rewatched 08 Jun 2024

    Tonally it hits the classic 70s and 80s comic period perfectly. It's probably my favourite MCU film and I could watch Andrew Garfield cracking Tobey Maguire's back all the day long.

  • Roman Holiday

    Roman Holiday 1953

    ★★★★ Watched 06 Jun 2024

    I know it's a well-worn cliche to say they really don't make them like that any more, but they really don't make them like Roman Holiday any more. Audrey Hepburn is uttlerly charming, Gregory Peck chiselled and conflicted and the ending is just pefect.

  • Get Out

    Get Out 2017

    ★★★★ Watched 05 Jun 2024

    Patiently waiting for the Lil Rel Howery-fronted TSA spin off TV show.

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