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I watched 127 films in 2025. Here’s what I thought of them
The big fat review of the year, part one
Jan 15
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I want cinemas full, but I also want them empty
Is the big screen really best shared?
Dec 13, 2025
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Everybody is wrong about A House of Dynamite
Including YouTube’s most mephitic film critic
Nov 11, 2025
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The seven most overrated films of the 2020s (so far)
Nov 16, 2024
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The ten best films of the 2020s, so far
Jul 19, 2024
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Seven films where someone might be the Devil
Dec 24, 2024
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Tom Barrie
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In praise of Hugh Grant’s mid-career character turn
Mar 1, 2025
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Tom Barrie
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On rawdogging David Foster Wallace
May 17, 2025
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Stop getting mad about AI art
Apr 5, 2025
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Tom Barrie
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Some supposedly good things I just don’t like
Why can’t I just enjoy stuff?
Nov 1, 2025
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Tom Barrie
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From the Lair VII and VIII: lead in the drinking water
Another double whammy of reading links and film recommendations
Oct 24, 2025
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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ arrives half-dead
Plus: I predictably adore Joachim Trier’s latest film… Two reviews from London Film Festival!
Oct 15, 2025
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Tom Barrie
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On the beauty of pointless video games
Wistful gaming, meditative Weltschmerz
Oct 5, 2025
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Tom Barrie
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From The Lair V and VI: spacecasting the evidence
Some reading and movie recommendations for the gang
Sep 18, 2025
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Hey, where did all the torture porn go?
On The Cabin in the Woods and a specific, bloodthirsty moment in horror filmmaking
Sep 13, 2025
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Tom Barrie
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Please, bring back 1990s gatekeeping
Does everyone else idealise a specific decade, or just me?
Sep 3, 2025
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