films
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, 2024 - ★★★★
These days if you can hold my attention for a full 2.5 hours you’re likely to get 4 stars. And if you give me a main character who is someone competent and excessively resentful on top of that, it’s a lock in.
Anora, 2024 - ★★★★
Quite the rollercoaster. At times uncomfortable to watch, at times laugh out loud funny and then one final moment of gut wrenching despair.
Perfect Days, 2023 - ★★★★★
Some films come along at just the right time, and this one I needed today. Now is now.
The Holdovers, 2023 - ★★★★★
An actual Christmas film that is actually very good. I enjoyed how it was set up to be one thing then turned into something entirely different. All three main actors were at the top of their game. And Payne’s touch is so subtle I was fully immersed in the story and the unfolding relationships.
Happiest Season, 2020 - ★★
Call me when they’ve made the alternative ending where Kristen Stewart and Aubrey Plaza live happily ever after.
All We Imagine as Light, 2024 - ★★★★
There’s so much depth to this film which essentially presents itself as the story of three friends working at the same hospital in Mumbai.
Despite the hum of the city constantly in the background there’s a calm throughout.
13 Assassins, 2010 - ★★★★★
There’s just something about how samurai films contrast stillness and silence with absolute carnage that no other action films can rival.
I’ve not been this engrossed in a film for some time. So glad I made the effort to go see this at the cinema in 35mm.
Nope, 2022 - ★★★★
Very enjoyable indeed. Had me keeping an extra careful eye on the weather all day today 👀
Senna, 2010 - ★★★★
It’s been a while since I’ve watched a good documentary and this didn’t disappoint. Izzy’s pick for film night and it kept both of us non-F1 fans engaged and informed.
Hit Man, 2023 - ★★½
I enjoyed this from the comfort of my sofa on a random midweek evening. Had I paid to see it at the cinema I’d have been disappointed.
It was clearly the Glen Powell show with no depth given to any of the supporting characters. And what an odd way to end it - maybe just skip the last 5 minutes.
The Beautiful Game, 2024 - ★★
Enjoyable to watch but come the end I felt it could have been so much more. The characters deserved more depth and exploration of their stories.
Love Lies Bleeding, 2024 - ★★★★
A film of contrasts. Seedy and sexy. Tender and violent. Blurred lines between fantasy and reality. Horrific with a hint of humour running through it.
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, 2022 - ★★★
Good fun… if you like Nicolas Cage. Dread to think what this might have been without the counterbalance of Pedro Pascal though who is the real star for me.
Bend It Like Beckham, 2002 - ★★★½
Take out all the scenes with the creepy coach and this could be a 5-star film.