- on Jason X (2001):
I’m still offput by how self-mocking it is, and how it has no interest in the ideas about rationality vs.…
Oct 11, 12:03
- on Gangs of London, Season 1, Episode 4:
Such a great series hope they will continue 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Oct 7, 07:51
- on Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992):
It’s certainly possible I should have rated this a tick higher, but I wanted to differentiate it from the first,…
Oct 6, 07:47
- on Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992):
Aw, you know, I like this one too. (And I didn’t watch it for the first time till I was,…
Oct 6, 03:34
- on Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992):
Man, you’re right, I forgot to mention Lloyd Bridges as the old eccentric rich guy. Enjoyed his performance.
Oct 4, 19:25
- on Psycho (1960):
I can’t say I’ve ever met anyone who has seen only the Van Sant remake! You’re in rare territory! But…
Oct 4, 19:16
- on Psycho (1960):
Hidey-ho, Murderinos! Somewhat to my embarrassment I’m mainly popping in to confess that, while I’ve seen at least one of…
Oct 3, 13:09
- on Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992):
This seems an eminently fair review – I have warm memories of watching this film on video cassette as a…
Oct 3, 12:39
- on Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989):
I’ll probably catch at least some of them at some point. People running scared from dinosaur attacks seems like a…
Oct 1, 09:58
- on Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989):
I can’t decide if that makes you a lucky, lucky man or someone who has missed out on rare pleasures:…
Sep 30, 05:53
- on Them! (1954):
Oh man for some reason I thought Sputnik was 1952. Not sure how I got that far off. I should’ve…
Sep 28, 12:21
- on Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989):
I used the term “playground” but “theme park attraction” is spot on for the feeling of the movie — in…
Sep 28, 12:06
- on Them! (1954):
That’s a good point about the flying ants that didn’t occur to me. (I, er, stopped at “well, ants do…
Sep 27, 22:41
- on Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989):
I hadn’t run across the Candy factoid before. No, no, he would just have been all wrong. But I don’t…
Sep 27, 22:23
- on Them! (1954):
An ED comment is always welcome, never taken for granted! It is pretty odd to see Davey Crockett in a…
Sep 27, 10:47
- on Them! (1954):
Just wanted to pop in and apologise for not having posted in a while – I’m always reluctant to read…
Sep 26, 10:28
- on Gangs of London, Season 3, Episode 5:
what a great fucking review. thank you so much. cheers from Switzerland 🙂
Sep 25, 17:20
- on Weapons (2025):
I realize I sound exactly how so many of the reviewers and podcasters sounded about Barbarian, so maybe take my…
Sep 24, 18:41
- on Happer’s Comet (2022):
I’ll admit it sounds kinda cool. Would’ve gone with “Prayer of the roller boys”!
Sep 24, 01:22
- on Weapons (2025):
“What’s new here (and handled more cleverly than in Barbarian) is how the jarring perspective shifts elevate the story.” Now,…
Sep 23, 10:23
- on Weapons (2025):
I don’t think it really requires Barbarian, though for me it was instructive in Weapons showing the way the impulses…
Sep 22, 16:48
- on Weapons (2025):
Been kind of on the fence on this, mainly because I’m for reasons I can’t even begin to articulate I…
Sep 20, 18:45
- on The Last Laugh (1924):
Kirk – I completely agree. It really sucks you in. I remember feeling the way I feel when reading a…
Sep 18, 07:49
- on The Last Laugh (1924):
The lack of intertitles and the camera work makes it stand apart from other silent films. I would argue, due…
Sep 18, 07:16
- on Materialists (2025):
Love prevails and heals, in the language of a K-drama or rom-com. The pacing and dialogue allow for long moments…
Sep 12, 11:20
- on F1 (2025):
I’m definitely on the fence. I didn’t mention it here but also thought Brad Pitt’s final beat was kinda dumb…
Sep 11, 12:33
- on F1 (2025):
I was aware Spiderhead though I thought it came out before Maverick; in fairness, I was *almost* right. It was…
Sep 9, 21:49
- on First Love (1939):
Yep, I imagine Durbin’s years were peaceful and happy compared to Garland’s. Like the recent Babylon explored, the industry of…
Sep 9, 20:34
- on Happy Feet Two (2011):
Well, like I said, I think it sounds more interesting than it actually is, but, yeah, it’s pretty weird and…
Sep 9, 19:51
- on The Thief of Bagdad (1924):
To be precise it wasn’t a modern Big Screen – this was in a concert hall rigged up as a…
Sep 9, 06:32
- on First Love (1939):
Reading this article, one cannot help but suspect that Ms Durbin was the lucky one – immortal fame and a…
Sep 9, 06:29
- on First Love (1939):
At least it gave us an intellectual grounding for coping with an all-too-often broke down and morally grubby world…
Sep 9, 06:18
- on First Love (1939):
“noirs remain more popular than ‘30s musicals” And just look at where it’s got us, right?
Sep 7, 23:44
- on Happy Feet Two (2011):
You kinda sold me on this with the krill, you know. (I’d actually kinda forgotten these two movies existed, honestly.)
Sep 7, 23:43
- on The Thief of Bagdad (1924):
I was excited to see this among your tens. “Dreaminess” is an element of this I don’t think I properly…
Sep 6, 09:21
- on The Thief of Bagdad (1924):
I’m super envious of seeing this on a big screen (or for that matter ANY silent film). Now that you…
Sep 6, 09:20
- on The Thief of Bagdad (1924):
Man, wish I could see this in a theater sometime. But yeah, this is really quite great. (I will agree…
Sep 5, 21:32
- on The Thief of Bagdad (1924):
One can proudly say that I saw THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD and the original BEN HUR (No, not that one,…
Sep 5, 14:53
- on KPop Demon Hunters (2025):
Also, there’s more than one member of the Band, so there’s plenty of room to explore their respective personal dramas…
Aug 27, 09:25
- on KPop Demon Hunters (2025):
I’m not actually registered on Letterboxd (Only so many websites I can post on regularly without spending more time typing…
Aug 27, 09:23
- on Loser (2000):
You know, I haven’t thought about the fact that I haven’t seen Biggs in much from the past 15 years,…
Aug 26, 10:01
- on Loser (2000):
In 2021, I binged what felt like a ridiculous number of Allen films in chronological order, and still made it…
Aug 26, 09:58
- on KPop Demon Hunters (2025):
I think I read that they’re eyeing sequels! Given its massive popularity, I would be more surprised if we see…
Aug 26, 09:52
- on KPop Demon Hunters (2025):
Haha, I see you follow me on Letterboxd? Not sure if I follow you back and just haven’t connected a…
Aug 26, 09:47
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