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Brendan Gleeson with a British accent wasn’t on my 2025 bingo cards I must it.

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Flesh melting from the framework, and the mechanical underbody rising once more from the flames. James Cameron knew what’s up.

Where the writing isn’t perfect and the flow at times feels a tad disted, the handling of incredibly important subject matter was treated exceptionally. Although I’m pretty inexperienced when it comes to Spike’s filmography, I truly believe there is no better person to direct a picture like this. 

Fuck racists and the racism they preach.

Give Mikey Madison all the awards! An outstanding performance bridging the struggled gap between physical and emotional connections.

Can’t say I’ve witnessed many raunchy vampire sexy musicals before, but I’ve got a feeling this is THE raunchy vampire sexy musical.

This animation style lends itself so well to anything and everything. It really suits the grungy atmosphere of night time New York.

It’s films like this that make me proud to be a CBM / MCU fan. Giving these so called ‘throwaway’ characters the limelight they ultimately deserve is like a breath of fresh air. Thunderbolts* to me felt like watching old marvel again combined with today’s modern flare. Marvel that’s back from the depths, or more suitably, the void. 

The future is bright.

Magnificent yet incredibly haunting. Eye opening and thought provoking. Truly the pinnacle of documentary filmmaking, somehow managing to exceed the brilliance of the last release.

A New York setting will make any film so much better I swear. And Tim Curry.

Cool revenge story. Not everything works but what does, works really well. The writing and editing for the most part lives up to the Ritchie traditions and Statham is as cold as ever. Pleasantly surprised by this.

Mark Rylance AND Sally Hawkins! Today’s been a good day.

The church scene & colourful head explosions deserves a 4 star rating alone.

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Heavily political, scarily symbolic, and a class divide more prevalent than ever. A reflective look through time into the past and our history, present day, and potential future. 

There’s something so quietly ominous about this particular world ending scenario. The fact that eventually, anytime within one lifetime there will be no one. Humanity and its existence will be no more. Faintly running in the background; but life continues on and keeps moving forward in a terminal direction. All of that fear and despair however, coming to an end with one cry. A sudden feeling of hope. The shooting, shouting, and chaos ceases. Everyone fixated on that one sound. The mental turmoil and desperation dwindled and all of a sudden there is a faint shining light after 18 long years. 

A new appreciation formed after this rewatch. One that should’ve been there from the start. Powerful. Poignant. Important.

Poetic storytelling executed to perfection.

Not sure what’s more alarming, a roaming leopard, or how easy it was to drive away in someone else’s car

Easily the most visually appealing Disney film with its classic sketch book art style. Cosy nostalgia scratching a very specific part of my brain.

Might have to make this a yearly viewing from now on. A lovely watch perfectly suited for a gloomy winters evening.

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Petition for Harrison Ford to become the next live action Peter Pan in a new Disney remake.

A promising concept that ultimately falls into the trap of generic + predictable storytelling and dialogue. The animation is far above par for modern Disney though. Easily the most impressive aspect of the film.

A Bergman insight into God, Faith, and Death. A cessation personified lurking all around as opposed to being the final act and destination of life.

No hate to Emily Mortimer, but where have you gone Sally Hawkins? We miss you.

Luca Guadagnino’s lustrous examination of love and human competitiveness.

The most absurdly brilliant 97 minutes of film Scorsese has ever made.

Stephen Graham showing us once again why he’s one of the top actors working today. 

An important miniseries showing what the effects of social media and figures of toxic masculinity can have on the youth of today.

That was a lot.

I love this film dearly. A project with grandeur levels off the charts. Right now I just feel lucky to have had the opportunity to have originally watched it in a theatre. Its home, and birthplace to the world.

Manifesting Jennifer Lawrence appears in more comedic future acting roles

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The perfect pick me up film continuing the quirky legacy of its precursors in classic Bridget Jones fashion. Following suite being filled to the brim with crude and provocative humour, there are also quieter, more tender interactions as well as the involvement of much heavier and emotional subject matter. Love, who we love, loves that have been lost, and what happens next moving forward? When there’s a positive there is also a negative. Some aspects of life that we’d dear not think about but events that inevitably occur we can’t escape from.

It’s the perfect ending to the series, but deep down I really hope it’s not over. I could watch and enjoy four more of these films at least.

Looking into the lives of individuals on the night before summer break. People livin. Simpler times with no responsibilities and without a care in the world. Focussing on the now and staying present. A slice of life style story I wasn’t expecting, although not an unpleasant one by any means. Not my favourite Linklater flick but feel it’s a film that’ll only appreciate after more viewings.

Insufferable watch

Watched on Monday March 17, 2025.

Watched on Monday March 17, 2025.

Watched on Friday March 14, 2025.

Building a bond. Expanding the connection. Sharing the chemistry. A beautiful romance story that exhibits just how easy it is for two people to fall in love and build romantic affections. Talking about whatever, sharing stories, making each other laugh, and feel. Richard Linklater’s idealistic love tale .

Nostalgia hit like a punch in the stomach on this rewatch. Pressed play as a 23 year old, but 8 year old me was watching with my dad by my side. 

Haters are going to hate, but Avatar is truly a remarkable achievement in filmmaking.

The moon is a little like love. 

Damn I really miss old school Wes. Work that’s deeply special and effortlessly charming.

The wide shots looking over the jungle are stunningly beautiful. The characters are fun and the story flows seamlessly throughout. A real treat of a film. One that brought back a lot of happy memories.

I’ll say with near enough certainty that Marvel will never achieve the same level and standards of films they did pre endgame. Yes there’ll be projects to look forward too and I’m hopeful they’ll be good but the chances are going by the recent releases they’ll fall flat. This is one of those instances. There are good aspects but as a whole, Captain America: Brave New World ultimately has far more shortcomings for it to be considered a good or above par movie, which is a shame as the premise is promising for the most part and Anthony Mackie really embodies the role of Captain America and what he represents. Overall the experience wasn’t an un-enjoyable one, but it clearly follows the same formulaic marvel narrative which at this stage and in the oversaturated CBM market is very repetitive and quite exhausting. 

I grew up watching the early MCU films, so naturally adore the studio. But as time’s gone on the sparkle these films once had has vanished and the magic’s disappeared. However I’ll still remain optimistic future marvel projects will flatten out the steady decline the studios going in.

Watched on Thursday February 13, 2025.

Little miss sunshine portrays the best depiction of family dynamics out there in film. It’s as if we’re watching real true to life relationships. People that one another in their goals and aspirations, as well as in their problems and adversity’s. Standing as one, comforting and guiding them with a single conversation or thought. In Franks words, “no one gets left behind”. 

I love what Grandpa says to Olive, and what Frank and Dwayne say to each other. I love the dad’s character development, the humour, the music, and everything else I’ve not mentioned. I adore this film. A pure shot of serotonin.

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I always get a bit apprehensive when deciding to rewatch a film I loved on the first viewing purely because I may not have the same feeling about it when it’s finished. Thankfully this is not the case with Past Lives. A rewatch that actually improved the film and made my love and fondness for it even greater than before. 

The film follows our two leads in a brief segment of their childhood through to their adult lives. While one emigrates from their home in South Korea, the other stayed, greatly diminishing their connection over time. 

Not only during the skype conversations, but after Hae Sung finally arrives in New York for the first time to meet Nora after 12 years of no , through their interactions together you can sense so much suppressed love neither party can act upon. Bubbling to the surface like an underwater volcano. No matter what they’re saying or who they’re saying it too, these in person meetings rekindled a mutual feeling. Something so pure that has laid dormant for years on end. 

A romance woven with Korean thoughts and beliefs, past lives is a very real but stunning look into why some relationships don’t work out. People’s lives intertwine. They come, they go. They come, and they go. Some people aren’t meant to be permanent fixtures in life, and that’s ok. 

I can’t imagine what sort of thoughts were running through Arthur’s head throughout the film, but more specifically during the end bar scene. The focus being set on Nora and Hae Sung, with him essentially being separated to the sidelines. While it may come across as awkward, to me he was there to meet Hae Sung, but also to his wife, and what happens later in the final scene is all the more proving of this. 

Nora says to Hae Sung on their first Skype call that she used to cry a lot when she first emigrated but gradually learnt that nobody cared, so stopped altogether. After that, we see her let out her emotions on just two occasions. Fast forward to the end, we see Nora crying having said her final goodbye to Hae Sung. Her husband embraces and comforts her. Nora was wrong. People do care, just the right ones. 

There is a word in Korean, ‘In-Yun’. It means ‘providence’ or ‘fate’, but it’s specifically about relationships between people. 

I'm honestly lost for words. An incredibly blunt and to the point look at the horrifying topic of SA.

A really enjoyable and emotionally balanced movie. Other than it being a summer blockbuster disaster flick that seamlessly makes country music cool, one of the main selling points is getting out there and ‘rangling’ tornadoes. Between those moments it’s easy to forget how dangerous these natural phenomena’s are and the torment and pain they can cause people and the local communities. Something I found to be executed well for the moments it was shown. 

Also, Glen Powell is that guy. He is him. I’m not sure why I thought this like 10 - 15 mins in as it’s a completely different genre and not relevant at all, but he’s my fancast for James Gunn’s DCU Batman / Bruce Wayne. The guys a superstar.

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Kiyoshi Kurasowa’s anxiety inducing masterful work. Filled with trepidation and a foreboding feeling, chilling sensations reach every fabric of your being. There’s an unpleasant sense of closeness I can’t yet describe. We the viewers, are in the detectives shoes making for a great watch overall. Unravelling these gruesome yet mysterious events piece by piece, bit by bit, as the story progresses and is entirely revealed. 

I’ll be thinking about that final scene in the restaurant for a while. The brief conversation with the waitress to panning Takabe’s face, across to the background, and back again. Roll credits. Just when you think it’s all over, you realise half the deck is still layed out on the table. Leaving more to unpack and ponder over.

Luca understands people. He understands emotions. Longing. To love someone, and maybe eventually be loved. Having a heart scattered in hundreds of pieces, and a hope and desire to desperately find your person in everyone you meet. All of which Daniel Craig displayed excellently. A performance unlike anything I've personally seen from him before.

Coming from a fairly recent studio ghibli enjoyer, Miyazaki and team are some of the most creative folks in the game. The animation and design is beautiful as always, and if made by anyone else, it's a guarantee I wouldn't be so emotionally invested in the story of a kid and his little magical fish.

So wacky, so goofy, so silly, and a damn enjoyable time. This film’s got to be the most Tim Burton Tim Burton has ever Tim Burtoned.

Paul Dano put down a major uno reverse card playing the parts in There Will be Blood three years after this

Ralph Fiennes is an actor I think I’ll always be in of. His ability to convey an unwavering amount of emotion with the blankest of expressions is truly outstanding. Especially in close-ups, his eyes are the focus and you are staring directly into his soul.

Kraven those last two hours back.

1. Avatar: The Way of Water
2. Avatar
3. Titanic
4. The Terminator
5. Aliens

Movies + shows.

1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2. Avengers: Infinity War
3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
4. The Avengers
5. Captain America: Civil War
6. Guardians of the Galaxy
7. Avengers: Endgame
8. Iron Man
9. Thor: Ragnarok
10. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

...plus 31 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

arranged by spine number

• Rushmore

  65

• The Last Temptation of Christ

  70

• Do the Right Thing

  97

• In the Mood for Love

  147

• The Royal Tenenbaums

  157

• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

  300

• Dazed and Confused

  336

• Bottle Rocket

  450

• The Darjeeling Limited

  540

• Blow Out

  562

...plus 59 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My nearest and dearest. Arranged by release, oldest to newest.

• It's a Wonderful Life
• Some Like It Hot
• The Sound of Music
• The Graduate
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
• The Godfather Part II
• Star Wars
• Apocalypse Now
• The Muppet Movie
• Life of Brian

...plus 86 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2. Kung Fu Panda
3. How to Train Your Dragon
4. Shrek 2
5. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
6. The Wild Robot
7. Shrek
8. Kung Fu Panda 2
9. Madagascar
10. Chicken Run

...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Man of Steel
2. Watchmen
3. Zack Snyder's Justice League
4. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
5. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
6. Justice League

❤️

1. Finding Nemo
2. Ratatouille
3. Luca
4. Monsters, Inc.
5. Soul
6. The Incredibles
7. Toy Story
8. Toy Story 3
9. Inside Out
10. WALL·E

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Bones and All
2. Queer
3. Call Me by Your Name
4. Challengers

1. Past Lives
2. Aftersun
3. Lady Bird
4. Moonlight
5. Minari
6. We Live in Time
7. The Tragedy of Macbeth
8. Queer
9. Ex Machina
10. The Green Knight

...plus 17 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Nosferatu
2. The Lighthouse
3. The Northman

1. Jurassic Park
2. Schindler's List
3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
5. Saving Private Ryan
6. Jaws
7. Ready Player One
8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
9. Catch Me If You Can
10. Minority Report

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Unbreakable
2. Signs
3. The Village
4. The Sixth Sense
5. Glass
6. Old
7. Knock at the Cabin
8. Split
9. After Earth
10. The Last Airbender

1. Fargo
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Inside Llewyn Davis
4. The Tragedy of Macbeth
5. The Big Lebowski
6. True Grit

1. Fantastic Mr. Fox
2. The Royal Tenenbaums
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Moonrise Kingdom
5. Rushmore
6. Isle of Dogs
7. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
8. The Darjeeling Limited
9. Bottle Rocket
10. The French Dispatch

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Silence
2. Casino
3. Raging Bull
4. GoodFellas
5. After Hours
6. Killers of the Flower Moon
7. The Wolf of Wall Street
8. The Age of Innocence
9. The King of Comedy
10. Taxi Driver

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Whiplash
2. La La Land
3. Babylon

1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. Reservoir Dogs
5. Django Unchained
6. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
7. Death Proof

1. The Dark Knight
2. Oppenheimer
3. Interstellar
4. Batman Begins
5. Dunkirk
6. Inception
7. Tenet
8. The Prestige
9. The Dark Knight Rises
10. Memento

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Baby Driver
• Almost Famous
• Lost in Translation
• Gladiator
• Blade Runner
• The French Dispatch
• Soul
• Wonka
• Spider-Man

1. Gladiator
2. Alien
3. Gladiator II
4. The Martian
5. Black Rain
6. American Gangster
7. Blade Runner
8. Legend

1. Spider-Man 2
2. Spider-Man
3. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
4. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
5. Spider-Man 3
6. Spider-Man: Homecoming
7. The Amazing Spider-Man
8. Spider-Man: No Way Home
9. The Amazing Spider-Man 2
10. Spider-Man: Far From Home

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

1. The Godfather Part II
2. Apocalypse Now
3. The Godfather
4. Bram Stoker's Dracula
5. The Conversation

1. Phantom Thread
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Boogie Nights
4. Licorice Pizza
5. Punch-Drunk Love

1. Memories of Murder
2. Parasite
3. Snowpiercer

deadpool included

1. Logan
2. X-Men: Days of Future Past
3. X-Men: First Class
4. X2
5. Deadpool & Wolverine
6. X-Men
7. Deadpool 2
8. Deadpool
9. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
10. X-Men: The Last Stand

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Social Network
2. Zodiac
3. Fight Club
4. Gone Girl
5. Se7en
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
8. The Killer

1. Nope
2. Get Out
3. Us

1. The Banshees of Inisherin
2. Seven Psychopaths
3. In Bruges
4. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
5. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
9. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Arrival
3. Blade Runner 2049
4. Dune
5. Prisoners
6. Sicario
7. Enemy

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Batman
3. Batman Begins
4. The Lego Batman Movie
5. Zack Snyder's Justice League
6. The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest
7. The Dark Knight Rises
8. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
9. Justice League

1. Lady Bird
2. Little Women
3. Barbie

still need to watch Solo

1. Star Wars
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
4. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
5. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
6. Return of the Jedi
7. Obi-Wan Kenobi
8. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
9. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
10. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Shaun of the Dead
2. Hot Fuzz
3. Baby Driver
4. Last Night in Soho
5. The World's End

1. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
2. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
3. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
4. Mission: Impossible
5. Mission: Impossible III
6. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
7. Mission: Impossible II

1. Uncut Gems
2. Good Time

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
4. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
5. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
6. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

1. Heat
2. Thief
3. Manhunter
4. Ali