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Favorite films

  • Hard Boiled
  • The Last Samurai
  • Riders of Justice
  • Children of Men

All
  • RoboCop

    ★★★★★

  • The ant²

    ★★★½

  • Seve

    ★★★★

  • Downsizing

    ★★

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Tremors 3: Back to Perfection

2001

★★★ Liked Watched

Three word review: "Ass Blaster Blitzkrieg"

After enjoying the sequel, I expected diminishing returns here - but did I get a return to perfection?

Not quite, but this is better than I'd hope it would be.

The return to Perfection allows us to return to the town, which means a lot of returning characters. While this is very much a Michael Gross (Burt Grummer) lead straight to TV-D movie, the ing cast all play a part - as does the…

Blade Runner 2049

2017

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

Review for my greatest film of all time.

Using 2049 of my own words.

Background

Before I get into the details here, let me say this:

This film is my greatest of all time. Read on to find out why.

At the time of writing I am a 30 something, so I missed the release of the original Blade Runner.

I vaguely watching some terrible cut of it on the TV as a teenager, getting bored, and turning off.…

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RoboCop

1987

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

Three word review: RoboCop was robbed.

Last time I watched this I said:

P.S With it being Oscar evening, I have to comment on it's two Oscar nominations: Best Editing and Best Sound. It lost out in both to The Last Emperor (a film I own, but not seen). It seems that film cleaned up in 1988...

Well, I want to live in a world where Robocop cleans up the Oscars.

The direction is immaculate, Verhoeven nailed the satire, pacing,…

The ant²

2025

★★★½ Watched

Three word review: Flawed but fun.

I watched the first film a couple of years ago. At the time, the sequel was in the works, and it was something I was certainly interested in. This is not the route I saw a sequel going however, but fair play, it leans into it and pulls off a fun time at the movies.

Affleck returns as Christian Wolff, the autistic ant by day, and "get shit done" by night. He's also reed…

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The Jackpot!

1991

★★★ Liked 2

Three word review: Total-e True Lies!

About 10 minutes in to La Totale! I was like: If a horse shows up in a minute...

Married for 18 years, Helene and Francois are a married couple where Helene is dissatisfied with their relationship. Why? Her husband, Francois, is always late - even for his birthday.

Non spoiler, it's because he isn't a civil servant - he is a secret agent. After a mission to infiltrate, he manages to escape on foot...…

Incendies

2010

★★★★★ Watched

My reverse Denis Villenueve continues. I started with Blade Runner 2049, and, here I am with Incendies.

It is fascinating seeing his work backwards - because you can see how 2049 became what it is, which is my greatest film of all time.

And... I was not ready for this.

Right now, after watching Incendies, I am torn. Not because of my thoughts on the film, because it is incredible, but how I should feel after watching it.

Imagine you…