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Watched on Thursday June 5, 2025.

Watched on Thursday June 5, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday June 4, 2025.

Watched on Sunday June 1, 2025.

the impossiblest mission yet, the most suicidal tom cruise has ever been, cinema has never been more back

just realised i forgot to log this lol

somehow gets better and better every time

so awesome to finally watch this trilogy on the big screen, missed out on it a couple times over the last year. beautiful writing beautiful world beautiful characters love this trilogy to death

“We live and die in the shadows, for those we hold close, and for those we never meet.”

A beautiful conclusion to perhaps the greatest action franchise in history. Probably the best theatrical experience of my entire life. A little slow start but I don’t think that’s a bad thing at all. The absolutely insane action sequences left me, quite literally, breathless multiple times. From swimming in the depths of the ocean to flying in the sky, this is without a doubt the most insane stuff anyone has ever done in a movie, at some point you start wondering, does Tom Cruise want to die? He’s crazy. The Biplane sequence almost made me faint, it was so hard to breathe. And the underwater sequences are absolutely horrifying, even more so with the incredible score. Literally grabbed the armrests at one point. While it’s no M:I ‘96 or Rogue Nation visually it’s still very well shot with a few jaw-dropping moments in there. Great performances from everyone, Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Pom Klementieff, Greg Tarzan Davis, Shea Whigham, Angela Bassett (presence as powerful as ever, so much aura), Tramell Tillman, Esai Morales, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany, Rolf Saxon and Lucy Tulugarjuk and I could keep going, absolutely insane ensemble. Tulugarjuk especially stole every scene she was in and made everybody laugh out loud every time she did anything, great charisma. I saw complaints about the score not being as good as the others but I don’t get that at all, thought it was fantastic and beautiful. While it is the same take on “AI will take over the world and destroy us all with nuclear weapons” again it is just wonderfully executed and I loved every second of it. Most packed showing I’ve ever been to in my life, amazing experience.

Watched on Saturday May 17, 2025.

This review may contain spoilers.

ilsa faust come back to us 🙏🙏🙏

Watched on Friday May 16, 2025.

so damn good but especially the entire opera sequence is just insane

i wish brandt and carter were in more of these they work so well with the team

7th watch and i’ve cried every time and this was probably the most i’ve cried 😭😭 first time seeing it in imax!

final reckoning prep has begun

andy serkis deserved an oscar nom for this tbh

Watched on Saturday May 10, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 7, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 5, 2025.

need their group hug

“i would’ve followed you to the end. into the very fires of mordor.”

so awesome to finally watch this on the big screen after missing out on it twice already, seeing the next two over the next couple of weeks. so beautifully shot and incredible dialogue i will never get tired of being on middle earth for 4 hours.

“but daddy i’m so alone.”

this film is so special to me, might be my #1 marvel movie ever. i think they handled the themes so beautifully and the performances are all incredible especially florence pugh and lewis pullman. i’ve seen it 3 times in 4 days now and i’ve cried multiple times every time and i don’t really plan on stopping watching it anytime soon even though it kinda destroys me a bit😭😭 love every second of it though, the score is absolutely incredible (listening to it on the way home rn). so glad they finally made a real movie just about real emotions and struggles people have, i relate so much to yelena and bob and also relate to the other characters a bit. one of my favourites of all time already.

This review may contain spoilers.

“you will never be more than nothing.”

“i’m here.”
”it’ll always just be us.”
”i’m here. you’re not alone.”

“i’m here. you’re not alone.”

thunderbolts* is easily one of marvel’s best in years (for real this time). really touching and relatable story, great character work, good action, very well shot and a beautiful score. florence pugh and lewis pullman are the mvps carrying the emotional arc on their backs making me sob endlessly multiple times. i wish they would’ve done a bit more with every character, maybe given them each a little emotional moment but they did all (except one) get their moments to shine. wonderful to see ava starr (ghost) back in the mcu after so long, very underrated character. i feel this is exactly what audiences have been asking marvel to do for years, so i really hope you all actually show up for it so they know we want more of this!!!! handles themes of loneliness, depression, being suicidal and feeling completely purposeless in the world incredibly well in my opinion. absolutely loved every second, will be watching multiple times

Watched on Tuesday April 29, 2025.

Watched on Friday April 25, 2025.

"it was the last time i saw the sun. it was the last time i saw my brother. for a few hours before the sun went down, we were truly free"

we are sooooo back, i absolutely loved the use of music in this the soundtrack and score were both wonderful. incredible performances all around, don’t have any specific standouts everyone kept up with each other really well but this being miles caton’s acting debut is absolutely insane he was amazing. definitely one of the best horror movies in recent years and the best film of the year so far. the one particular scene with music and eras and such, you know the one, had my jaw on the floor and gave me full body chills, couldn’t believe what i was seeing, it gave me that feeling i have only recently felt in the cinema from dune: part two and oppenheimer. hope i can get to rewatch it in imax again, beautifully shot, incredible stuff.

ludwig göransson might be jesus

cheering when he pulls the knife out as if it’s captain america lifting mjölnir in avengers: endgame

the ultimate sitting on the edge of your seat movie

very fun and very well shot

“i have dreamed a dream… but now that dream is gone from me.”

fucking fire action scenes, although it was slightly difficult to keep up with some of the plot points but i really enjoyed this

“for me the sun rises and sets with her, man.”

please ignore my previous review of this, i am ashamed, it is 3 years ago i am not the same man i was then. i don’t know how i could possibly have given this 2 stars other than just not having paid attention at all, which i think is the case because all i is what happened to natalie portman and that one scene where neil leaves eady in the car. but this is absolutely fucking insane stuff man, the shootout, the score, the ending, the performances (stellar all around), the dialogue, everything is unbelievably fantastic. 
rest in peace val kilmer 🙏 wonderful performance, not many people can shine while acting alongside robert de niro and al pacino

Watched on Tuesday April 1, 2025.

Watched on Sunday March 30, 2025.

“those who cling to death, live.”
”those who cling to life, die.”

incredible ending to john wick’s story. this one i think has my favourite character work, they’re all so well written. particularly love donnie yen as caine. nobody with his dog is cool and fun as well love them. beautifully shot, that dragon’s breath oner… good lord. beautiful stuff

“yeah.”

these films are so fucking stunning man

“say hello to my little friend!”

leo dicaprio pointing gif!!!!!!!! anyway, incredible film, awesome camerawork and beautifully shot. fab performances. great score. thats the good stuff

“have you ever buried your nose in a mountain of curls, and just wanted to go to sleep forever?”

beautiful film. incredible performance by al pacino, can officially say he’s one of my favourite actors. people often talk about people having It, idk what that really means but al pacino Has It. (must clarify i am not talking about the “it” freddie mercury mentions he has in Bohemian Rhapsody). 
i personally think the little fella should’ve snitched on those morons, but that’s just me. 

“no mistakes in the tango, donna. not like life. it’s simple, that’s what makes the tango so great. if you make a mistake, get all tangled up, just tango on.”

not quite what i was expecting, idk what i was expecting though, but really liked it! took me a little too long to finish but that’s a skill issue i fear. al pacino is absolutely incredible (crowe as well), great score and very well shot, mann’s films always make me want to eat the lighting.

Watched on Thursday March 20, 2025.

close enough welcome back arrietty

idk if black lipstick is your colour, sir

al pacino and robin williams are both great in this, though i couldn’t get good will hunting out of my head every time robin williams called al pacino “will”. really liked this, idk how different it is from the original norwegian film but really love nolan’s crime mystery films, wouldn’t mind if he did another one again it’s been a while. great score and camera work as well, a bit disorienting at times which i feel represented how the detective was feeling quite well. beginning to grow very fond of al pacino’s acting as i’m watching more of his work

Watched on Wednesday March 19, 2025.

he killed 3 guys in a bar with a pencil btw if you didn’t know

Watched on Sunday March 16, 2025.

This review may contain spoilers.

many stupid decisions but lots of hype moments and aura 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

would do the same if someone killed my dog

everyone’s so awesome in this like, craig, wright, fiennes, de armas. i wish felix and especially paloma had more screentime they were so fun and cool🤕🤕 rami malek is very infuriating to watch, its great. linus sandgren’s cinematography is gorgeous as usual, love his style and this makes me want him to do an action film with damien chazelle. christoph waltz was in this even less than spectre but i liked him more in this. fantastic film

My ranking of films released in 2025 that I have seen.

Thunderbolts* and Final Reckoning are tied can’t possibly choose between them 🤕

1. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
2. Thunderbolts*
3. Sinners
4. The Gorge

1. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
2. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
3. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
4. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
5. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
6. Mission: Impossible
7. Mission: Impossible III
8. Mission: Impossible II

this is my personal favourites, not best of all time. they are not ranked (except maybe the first 10-15)

• La La Land
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Good Will Hunting
• The Fall
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Interstellar
• Before Sunrise
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• The Empire Strikes Back

...plus 87 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ranking of my favourite first time watches in 2025, excluding films released in 2025.

Films released in 2025 will be on a separate list.

1. No Country for Old Men
2. The Irishman
3. The Tree of Life
4. Memories of Murder
5. Perfect Days
6. Cure
7. The Departed
8. The Revenant
9. The New World
10. Life of Pi

...plus 13 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Interstellar
2. Oppenheimer
3. The Dark Knight
4. Batman Begins
5. The Dark Knight Rises
6. Tenet
7. The Prestige
8. Memento
9. Inception
10. Insomnia

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Wild Robot
2. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
3. Flow
4. Dune: Part Two
5. Better Man
6. Hit Man
7. Gladiator II
8. Queer
9. The Brutalist
10. We Live in Time

...plus 28 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2. War for the Planet of the Apes
3. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
4. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
5. Planet of the Apes
6. Escape from the Planet of the Apes
7. Battle for the Planet of the Apes
8. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
9. Beneath the Planet of the Apes
10. Planet of the Apes

my dvd/blu-ray collection.

started november 20th, 2023

• La La Land

  4 copies owned (4k steelbook, dvd, blu-ray, dvd box set with umbrellas of cherbourg and young girls of rochefort)

• Babylon

  3 copies owned (dvd, blu-ray, 4k steelbook)

• Whiplash
• First Man
• The Nice Guys
• Only God Forgives
• Drive
• The Notebook
• Gangster Squad
• Crazy, Stupid, Love.

...plus 353 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Taken
• Taken 2
• Taken 3
• Unknown
• Non-Stop
• The Commuter
• Honest Thief
• The Marksman
• Memory
• Absolution

posters chosen to present the covers of the steelbooks, if cover is not available as a poster i have chosen the closest i could find

• La La Land

  4k

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

  4k

• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

  4k

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

  4k

• Oppenheimer

  4k

• Babylon

  4k

• Barbie

  4k

• The Suicide Squad

  4k

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier

  4k

• Avengers: Age of Ultron

  4k

...plus 22 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. La La Land
2. Whiplash
3. Babylon
4. First Man
5. Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
6. Whiplash
7. The Stunt Double

1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2. Oppenheimer
3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
4. The Holdovers
5. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
6. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
7. John Wick: Chapter 4
8. Godzilla Minus One
9. The Color Purple
10. Barbie

...plus 27 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Jurassic Park
2. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
3. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
4. Jurassic World
5. Jurassic World Dominion
6. Jurassic Park III

1. Toy Story 3
2. Toy Story 2
3. Toy Story
4. Toy Story 4

1. The Martian
2. Thelma & Louise
3. Alien
4. Gladiator
5. Blade Runner

1. Logan
2. X-Men: Days of Future Past
3. Deadpool
4. Deadpool & Wolverine
5. Deadpool 2
6. X-Men: First Class
7. X2
8. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
9. X-Men
10. X-Men: Apocalypse

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• La La Land
• Crazy, Stupid, Love.

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
4. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
5. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
6. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

not ranked

1. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2. Hit Man
3. The Fall Guy
4. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
5. Joker: Folie à Deux
6. Deadpool & Wolverine
7. Y2K
8. The End
9. Wicked
10. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• La La Land
• The Bad and the Beautiful
• Singin' in the Rain
• Sunset Boulevard
• Nope
• Babylon
• The Fabelmans
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
• The Barefoot Contessa
• Irma Vep

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes

• La La Land
• The Nice Guys

1. La La Land

   this is my entire personality 

2. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
3. The Amazing Spider-Man 2
4. The Amazing Spider-Man
5. Zombieland: Double Tap
6. Zombieland
7. Easy A
8. Poor Things
9. Crazy, Stupid, Love.
10. Friends with Benefits

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

feel free to reply more suggestions, i haven't seen them all

(i cannot confirm if he is a loser in everything added after french dispatch but they have been suggested multiple times, however it is highly likely that it is correct)

• Lady Bird
• Little Women
• Don't Look Up
• Interstellar
• Call Me by Your Name
• The French Dispatch
• Wonka
• Miss Stevens
• Hot Summer Nights
• Bones and All

• Babylon
• Burn After Reading
• The Lost City
• Fight Club
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

movies whose posters are on mia dolan’s wall and movies she talks about in la la land (2016)

• The Black Cat

  Mia has this movie’s poster on her wall.

• Lilies of the Field

  Mia has this movie’s poster on her wall.

• The Dove

  Mia has this movie’s poster on her wall.

• Saboteur

  Mia has this movie’s poster on her wall.

• The Blonde Vampire

  Mia has this movie’s poster on her wall.

• The Palm Beach Story

  Mia has this movie’s poster on her wall.

• The Killers

  This movie’s poster is on the wall in Mia and her friends’ apartment. 

• Casablanca

  Mia tells Sebastian about this movie and shows him a window featured in it. She also has a poster of Ingrid Bergman on her wall. 

• Notorious

  Mia says she saw this movie in a library with her aunt. 

• Bringing Up Baby

  Mia says she saw this movie in a library with her aunt. 

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
4. Thor: Ragnarok
5. Avengers: Infinity War
6. Avengers: Endgame
7. Guardians of the Galaxy
8. Black Widow
9. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
10. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

...plus 30 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.