Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  I Blame Society 2020

  ★★★★ Watched 11 Mar 2025

  The latter half of this is basically everything I wanted Promising Young Woman to be.

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  Dreams (Sex Love) 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  My favourite from Glasgow Film Festival 2025.

  Like watching a book, like re-examining a memory, like an internal monologue led by the heart. It's autumnal and witty and takes feelings very seriously. Finds art among the loudness of life and solidarity across generations. It yearns! Thought this was a proper triumph, and the kind of story I'm happy to be told for the rest of my life.

Popular reviews

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  A Silent Voice: The Movie 2016

  ★★★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2017 18

  Boy meets girl. Boy bullies girl. Boy matures and tries to set things right.

  I really hated Ishida. You're supposed to, obviously. He bullies Nishimiya for no reason other than her deafness. He would have bullied her regardless, just because she was new to the class. He is the ringleader and the enabler for his friends to bully her too.

  Cut to years later and something has changed. He's distanced himself from who he used to be. Ostracised by his…

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  One Day 2011

  ★½ Watched 30 Jun 2016 3

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.