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★★★★½ Watched 04 Jan 2025
So good I didn't notice I lost my headphones until I was on the train home after the cinema. Banger - Eggers masterfully recreates the gothic atmosphere of the Nosferatu origin in a creepy, unsettling way - Aaron Taylor Johnson perhaps the only let down but excellent performances from Lily Rose Depp and Nicolas Hoult (what a year!) make up for that as a pair of ultimately doomed lovers - the gothic atmosphere is creepy, the rats are frighteningly realistic and this just feels unnaturally haunting. I'll probably rewatch this whilst it's in cinemas.
The Review: www.spoilertv.com/2025/01/movies-nosferatu-best-vampire-film-in.html
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★★★★★ Watched 04 Jan 2025
Harrowing, brilliant and a tremendous adaption of Colson Whitehead's essential novel. Even knowing the ending, you're hit in a devastating, awed way that holds nothing back - Ross' adaption is faithful and as things stand, it's probably my pick for the best picture win having not seen The Brutalist yet. Quintessentially American and one of the best American films of the decade - there's so much in Ethan Herisse's performance it's hard not to admire the unique first person POV the film takes.
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★★★★★ Watched 15 Sep 2015
Hoop-Tober 2015! (1/31)
"Now, this air shaft may work to our advantage. Here. It leads up to and comes out in the main airlock. All right, there's only one big opening along the way, we can cover that up, and then we... drive it into the airlock and zap it into outer space."
And yet another classic movie that I should have probably seen by now is ticked off my watchlist. Hot on the heels of the likes of Lost…
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★★★★½ Watched 19 Jan 2017
Well, that was something special. I'm really glad that I watched The Umbrellas of Cherbourg the day before because there are clear influences from that masterpiece on Damien Chazelle. Together these two movies have made me far more invested in musicals than I was previously, with Bugsy Malone being another highlight but beyond that the list starts to get a bit thinner.
Here La La Land follows on two people with big dreams. Mia (Emma Stone) is an aspiring actress…
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