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Favorite films

  • Cinema Paradiso
  • North by Northwest
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • It's a Wonderful Life

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  • The Ballad of Wallis Island

    ★★★★½

  • Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

    ★★★

  • Captain America: Brave New World

    ★★½

  • Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

    ★★★

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The Ballad of Wallis Island

2025

★★★★½ Liked Watched

I was already looking forward to this and it turned out better than I was expecting, making it one of my favourite films of the year. It's such a charming little film, full of so much emotion and delight. I like TIm Key but was worried he might be too much, and it many ways he/Charles is but the balance is just right, low key Key (if you like).

I think I heard somebody else highlight the 'face acting' and…

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

2025

★★★ Watched

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

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Baaria

2009

★★★★½ Liked Watched

I'd never heard this film and because of this I suspected it wouldn't be very good. I've now seen some reviews and it seems a lot of people really didn't like it but I completely adored it. From the magical opening I was completely hooked. I generally don't like long films but this ed by with beauty and charm and I don't think I've smiled so much before. I can't claim to understand it all, the ending left me perplexed…

The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow

2014

★★★½ Watched

This is the best film I've ever seen about a satellite who transforms into a girl and befriends a boy who's turned into a cow featuring a talking toilet roll. Ever.

Obviously it's all kinds of weird in a charming way but unfortunately there's not really enough story to sustain the running time.

I wonder what Noam Chomsky would make of this.