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Fuckery and shenanigans.

What starts as this kooky, hard to believe story, ends in such a heart warming/breaking way. Daddy issues really do have an impact…

You couldn’t write a more unlikeable character than Billy Mitchell. Grade-A turnip.

Anxiety inducing fever dream. Not quite as good as Uncut Gems, or Good Times, but damn The Surfers a sweaty watch. Also, pocket rat.

An unstoppable force meets an immovable object. Pacino and Di Niro are a force of nature, and Kilmer is the cherry on top.

Calling it now, Sinners is my favourite movie of 2025. A monumental feat in cinema.

 Within the first ten minutes, I knew Sinners was a film I would be happy to see. Every scene is meticulously crafted. For a budget of $90m, not a dollar was wasted. Every scene feels “full”, every shot feels planned.

That one scene… MY LORD THAT SCENE. A beautiful oner showcasing musical history and Black cultures encounter and contribution to music.

There is an incredible amount of symbolism and deeper meaning. Hoodoo culture, vampire lore, spirituality, cultural significance, the “white man stealing the blues for his own benefit”, cultural appropriation, but none of this feels forced or pushed like an awkwardly timed agenda. It’s all painstakingly woven into a tight, well rounded narrative.

The amount of time dedicated to artfully crafting each character is a work of art. Not one character feels lacklustre. The first half of the movie is careful world building and character crafting that by the time you get to the second half, you know each characters motif.

Sinners, you’ll be hard to forget.

Watched this with a can of Red Bull. I’d call that a Kenergy drink.

I mean, it’s Spirited Away. No introduction or explanation needed. Simply beautiful.

If Uncut Gems and Saving Private Ryan had a love-child. It’s visceral, unnerving, and the sound design hits you like a truck. 

Had the pleasure of thanking Alex Garland for potential nightmares of Joseph Quinn’s screams and Cosmos legs. Nightmare fuel and I’ll be forwarding my therapy bill to him personally…

Cosmo Jarvis was a standout. His range of facial and physical acting is broad, there’s one scene where I thought he’d be perfect for a young Brando.

Cocaine bears, meth alligators, only in America. So glad I live in the UK where the best we could do was Ketamine Kestrel.

I thought surely not, this is “based” on a true story. But this is as close to the real story as you can get and how he survived is nothing short of a miracle.

The first 30 minutes are pure cinema. Turned the surround sound up and the lights down, took me back to 1939 faster than reading Kanye’s tweets.

God damn I love this film, it breaks me everytime. Also, fuck Percy. One of my most hated characters of all time.

Man, RIP Bill Paxton. What a soul.

Im fully convinced I could survive on a desert island then I I can’t go 5 minutes without a sweet treat or AirPods.

“What is this, a trench coat convention?” 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

Watched on Saturday March 15, 2025.

I had the pleasure of watching this last night for the Hundreds of Beavers Live tour with Ryland and the gang, and what a spectacle. Got to witness a Beaver get destroyed in real time and it didn’t disappoint. Yes, you read that right.

Someone invent smellable TVs, I just know that moustache STANK.

Heartwarming, funny & yet incredibly heartbreaking. Hits different when you can relate to both David and Benji.

Yano what, I thought I wouldn’t be a fan. Simply good fun.

The night of the Oscar noms, I see Emilia Perez bag 13 nominations. The Fellowship of the Ring level. Wow, this must be a banger.

Christ was I wrong. Incredibly regressive and misguided. A backwards step for trans representation because of how much it relies on heinous stereotypes.

Saldana is the only saving grace, and the reason for half star. But everything else is just an absolute travesty. 

I beg, I need justification from the Oscars for their reasoning. A snub for Challengers, a snub for Queer. A truly messy experience.

Fuck it, petition to make “Angels” the National Anthem.

All I can think of is Gary Barlow sitting down with the family saying “One of our songs is in this, grab the popcorn!” And proceeding to hear a dutty club remix and see an eyeful of titties. What a time to be alive.

Give me a 4:3 black and white version immediately.

Saw this on release, and didn’t log it as my cinema experience was awful (bad crowd). Watched it again at home and had a blast.

This isn’t a biopic to celebrate the achievements, it’s a showcase of fuckery, corruption, and highlights of one of the world’s most powerful men got to where he is. 

Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan are electric.

"Once you're a parent, you're the ghost of your children's future."

First time I’ve watched this since our boy ed us, and the transmission scene cut me in half. The idea of your life flashing before your eyes, sounds pleasant compared to seeing your kids lives flash before your eyes.

Seeing the boys come back on the boat happy, fish in hand, feels like warm soup belly.

So fulfilling yet heartbreaking.

That car scene was so unexpected, need a VFX breakdown. Otherwise, I had fun. Soon as I saw that Rimowa case I knew it wasn’t gonna fit in overhead.

Extra half star for the Jared Leto jump scare

“You’re done with the past, but the past is not done with you”. Case and point, don’t be a dick.

Anchored in nostalgia, hyped by modernity, and in the end, shallow, hollow, devoid of soul, & both profiting and glorifying the worst elements of cinema.

This is why I quit Jazz, too many sweats.

I’d give my left nut to sit with High Grant, listen to The Hollies and play Monopoly.

500 days of Summer for brats.

The fact this is based on a true story is wild. And not like in a loose “they have the same name” bullshit, kid swindled more people than that Fyrefest bloke. Doctor, Pilot, fucking Astronaut for all I care, Frank ate.

Meet me in Montauk. 😭

5* purely for Gary Oldman giving the best delivery of the word ‘Everyone’.

There’s three certainties in life;
1. Death
2. Jack Nicholson is a fucking boss, and
3. Departed sounds better in a Boston accent. DEPAHTED.

What. A. Cast. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

About 5 years ago I sat in Bubba Gump Shrimp on Time Square, chowing coconut shrimp and drinking cold ones, all the while watching Forrest Gump. Core memory. 

There’s many pleasures in life, but shrimp, beer, and a Forrest Gump combo are top shelf.

“Otis, plug it in…”

Disturbingly grim and bleak. Often feels like a documentary which lends to the realness. Plays out like a true-crime flick that a lot of films could learn from.

There’s a lot of 70s corny effects and acting, but fuck it we can’t have it all.

Michael Rooker is an absolute sweetheart but I didn’t realise he had that dog in him. Phenomenal portrayal. Man’s got ice in his veins.

The Deer Hunter is less a movie about war, but more friendship, humanity, and the impact of trauma. Seen a lot of reviews saying “it’s too long” but every scene has purpose. It’s well crafted, and an absolute journey through and through. If you want more war, watch Apocalypse now. If you want less war, watch Forrest Gump. If you want to feel split in two, broken and emotionally vulnerable, watch The Deer Hunter. It’s a classic for a reason.

DeNiro brings his A-game, but it’s Walken that captivates at every opportunity. 

“Why 4/5 then?”, The Deer Hunter hasn’t aged well. The impact of trauma and brotherhood still stands, but the portrayal of Vietnam and its people is narrow minded for the story.

Recently bought myself a new TV, wanted to christen it with a film I knew wouldn’t disappoint.

Apocalypse Now is the pinnacle of cinema. The cinematography, the acting, the pyro, the set builds, it’s flawless. For a 3 hour runtime you’d be thinking fuck me, just end already. But absolutely not. Never once have a sat down to watch this and thought “let’s waste 3 hours”. It’s dark, it’s funny, it’s anxiety-inducing, it just works on a level I’ve rarely seen on screen.

This is one bottle of baby oil away from being a Diddy party.

Jokes aside, Kubrick is nothing short of a visionary genius. I’m not a fanboy or consider myself a big Kubrick fan, but he just delivers banger after banger.

Sgt. Hartman and Lieutenant Dan need a podcast.

Rewatched Civil War a couple of times since its theatrical release, and it becomes more and more of a horror/documentary day by day. 

The cinematography is smooth as silk, chromatic aberration during Lees POV is a nice touch, but the grading? Pwharrrrr. I could talk about Civil War until I’m blue in the face.

Snow Country for Old Men.

The Nice Guys doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. The comedy duo I didn’t know I needed with a killer soundtrack to boot.

2004 called, wants its forgettable comedy back.

I don’t know what I was expecting but this wasn’t it. Complete waste of talent from Dinklage, Brolin and Fraser. This could have been a banger and a good double bill with Nice Guys.

Making bad decisions 101. The dad was about as useful as a cock flavoured lollipop. 

Let’s be honest with ourselves… I’d have left that kid at the farm.

If I had a dollar for every murderous clown film I’d watched in October, I’d have 2 dollars. It’s not a lot, but it’s weird it’s happened twice.

Great set pieces, practical gore is off the charts, and a shower scene to knock you sick.

Trying to watch every nominated picture before March 2nd 2025.

Massive shout out to Joe, for making this list so I can add my own notes!

• Alien: Romulus

  Best Visual Effects

• Anora

  Best Motion Picture of the Year
  Best Director, Sean Baker
  Best Actress in a Leading Role, Mikey Madison
  Best Actor in a ing Role, Yura Borisov
  Best Original Screenplay
  Best Film Editing

• Anuja

  Nominated For:
  Live-Action Short

• The Apprentice

  Best Actor in a Leading Role, Sebastian Stan
  Best Actor in a ing Role, Jeremy Strong

• Beautiful Men

  Nominated For:
  Animated Short

• Better Man

  Nominated For:
  Visual Effects

• Black Box Diaries

  Nominated For:
  Documentary Feature

• The Brutalist

  Nominated For:
  
Best Picture

  Director- Brady Corbet

  Actor- Adrien Brody

  ing Actress- Felicity Jones
  
ing Actor- Guy Pearce
  
Original Screenplay

  Production Design

  Cinematography

  Editing

  Original Score

• A Complete Unknown

  Nominated For:
  Best Picture
  Director- James Mangold
  Actor- Timothee Chalamet
  ing Actress- Monica Barbaro
  ing Actor- Edward Norton
  Adapted Screenplay
  Costume Design
  Sound

• Conclave

  Nominated For:
  Best Picture
  Actor- Ralph Fiennes
  ing Actress- Isabella Rossellini
  Adapted Screenplay
  Costume Design
  Original Score
  Production Design
  Editing

...plus 40 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Poughkeepsie Tapes
• Kids
• The Eyes of My Mother
• Mysterious Skin
• Snowtown
• Excision
• Funny Games
• Elephant
• The House That Jack Built
• Ken Park

...plus 97 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Safe to say, you won’t be the same person once the credits start rolling… Warning, a good amount of these films involve graphic scenes of all natures.

• Irreversible
• Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
• The House That Jack Built
• Possessor
• Nyctophobia
• Cremaster 3
• Happiness
• Coherence
• Let the Corpses Tan
• Ratcatcher

...plus 100 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Grab a bucket, for a list of films that left me feeling sick. Extreme trigger warning for most of these. Definitely not easy watches.

• Snowtown
• Mysterious Skin
• The Strange Thing About the Johnsons
• Tusk
• Gummo
• Bone Tomahawk
• Kids
• Super Dark Times
• Dancer in the Dark
• Antichrist

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Cinema can be bleak. A list of hopeless films that feel like hell.

• Son of Saul
• La Haine
• An Elephant Sitting Still
• Dead Man's Shoes
• Dancer in the Dark
• Loveless
• Kids
• The Piano Teacher
• The Hunt
• Come and See

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Two of my tiktoks combines into one definitive list. A big mix from gore, to the most traumatic thing you'll ever watch. Trigger warning.

• The Poughkeepsie Tapes
• Ebola Syndrome
• Terrifier 2
• Bad Boy Bubby
• Climax
• Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
• I Stand Alone
• The Piano Teacher
• We Are What We Are
• Dancer in the Dark

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I wish I could un-see a few of these... A list of films that will leave you feeling something, whether it's traumatised or disturbed. Trigger warning. Watch at your own risk.

• The Green Inferno
• I Saw the Devil
• Excision
• Grotesque
• Imprint
• Haze
• Three... Extremes
• Dumplings
• Tenebre

The films on this list vary from tame to extreme.

Not everything listed here is violent or perverse, some are just dark and screwed up. No documentaries, mixtapes, or shockumentaries.

Gross out and fetish films are kept to a minimum.

Watch at your own risk... Trigger warnings for all.

• Christine
• Dogs Don't Wear Pants
• Compliance
• Bullhead
• Excision
• Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
• Dead Man's Shoes
• Snowtown
• Gummo
• Kids

...plus 20 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Feeling lost in your 20s? I've got the perfect film list for you...

• American Honey
• The Truman Show
• The Worst Person in the World
• s Ha
• Lost in Translation
• Punch-Drunk Love
• Aftersun
• Moonlight
• Past Lives
• Her

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Disturbing films everyone should watch at least once... Trigger warning. Some of these get dark. Some of these get incredibly dark. Watch at your own risk...

• Dead Man's Shoes
• Dogtooth
• We Need to Talk About Kevin
• Dancer in the Dark
• Snowtown
• The Holy Mountain
• The Dirties
• Irreversible
• The Golden Glove
• Zero Day

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

"What just happened?!" - My three tiktoks for great plot-twists, combined into one definitive list!

• The Sixth Sense
• Shutter Island
• The Prestige
• Primal Fear
• Incendies
• Polytechnique
• Oldboy
• Fight Club
• Se7en
• The Others

...plus 25 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A ranked list of the most anxiety fuelled, awfully bad decisions on screen. From the brilliant minds of The Safdie brothers, to the French classic La Haine. There's a little something for everyone.

1. Good Time
2. Another Round
3. La Haine
4. Uncut Gems
5. Sound of Metal
6. Calibre
7. Midsommar
8. Léon: The Professional
9. Caveat

After watching these, once was enough for a lifetime. If you haven't seen them, take a random pick and give it a go. Extreme trigger warning for these.

• Threads
• Gummo
• Kids
• The Nightingale
• Snowtown
• The Strange Thing About the Johnsons
• Irreversible
• Martyrs
• Antichrist
• Cannibal Holocaust

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

R-Rated films to keep you on your toes. Every single one of these films shouldn't be entered into lightly. Extreme trigger warning, most of these films contain very graphic scenes.

• Pink Flamingos
• 9 Songs
• Cannibal Holocaust
• Love
• Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
• A Serbian Film
• Antichrist
• Funny Games
• Nekromantik
• Ken Park

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A list of Brutally Raw Cinema. Ranging from films to make your skin crawl, to the downright disturbing. Trigger warning for this list and I can't stress that enough...

• The Killing of a Sacred Deer
• La Haine
• Bones and All
• Requiem for a Dream
• Mysterious Skin
• Christiane F.
• Lilya 4-ever
• Gummo
• Irreversible
• Straw Dogs

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.