“I'm a man!”
“Well, nobody's perfect.”
How could anyone not love this film? So timeless. So irresistibly endearing and warm. So funny. I hadn’t watched this in years but it’s 100% one of Billy Wilder’s best.
Chaotic would be the word I’d use to describe the plot, but in the best way. Whatever this film tries to achieve, it does it brilliantly. All thanks to Billy Wilder, of course. The constant farce never lets up and is so enthralling to…
“No one mourns the wicked.”
Especially me.
I actively tried to give this a chance. That lasted 15 minutes. I have a general strong disdain for modern musicals but I tried. Regardless, I could not look past how much of a wreck this film is. I don’t hate fun, but I do hate this.
Not only is the musical genre probably not for me on the whole, but this was just insufferable. However, I want to start with some positives…
“You want the papers in triplicate, or the blonde in triplicate?”
“See what you can do.”
Happy New Year to all! I’ve decided to make my first watch of this year Billy Wilder’s One, Two, Three. A solid political comedy, yet, I failed to connect with it as much as I wished.
The screenplay holds the trademark Wilder wit. The snappiness of the dialogue pushes scenes along. There were a few laugh-out-loud lines, but, on the whole, I can’t say I…
“Gentlemen, that's a very sad thing... to be nothing.”
Finally getting round to watching this before the year is over. As its one of the most acclaimed films ever, I was aware of its reputation but open to thinking it’s less than a masterpiece. But, it is a truly exceptional film. No doubt about it.
Whilst it’s in ways quite minimal, Sidney Lumet does a great job making this confined space a claustrophobic battleground for justice. Not only that, but…
“I love my husband and I plan on being with him forever.”
Anora is the halfway mark of my LFF run, and it’s just brilliant. There’s a lot of hype surrounding this film, and I’m so glad that people are finally realising Sean Baker’s greatness. The king of neo-realism.
The narrative is immediately engaging. Not just due to the bold concept, but Sean Baker’s genius writing. It’s a more narrative-driven film than he usually writes but he pulls it off…
“I'm vengeance.”
Obviously like any sane person I saw The Batman as soon as I could, and what a film it was. Almost three hours of Batman at its finest.
This didn’t even feel like watching a film, it was like being sucked into the world of Gotham. I know that may sound cliché or whatever but it’s true. The world was immersive and full of so much personality, something lacking from Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. The cinematography was…
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Ted watched, liked and rated Nosferatu on Saturday Jan 4, 2025
