Review Archive

Movies:
1930's:
A Tale of Two Cities (1935) 4 stars
1940's:
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 3.5 stars
1950's:
High Noon (1952)
Ordet (1955) 5 stars
The Ladykillers (1955) 4.5 stars
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
1960's:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 4.5 stars
Becket (1964) 4 stars
A Man for All Seasons (1966) 5 stars
1970's
The Godfather (Livetweet Review) (1972) 5 stars
The Mirror (Zerkalo) (1975) 5 stars
1980's:
Chariots of Fire (1981) 5 stars
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) 3.5 stars
Clue (1985) 4 stars
The Mission (1986) 4.5 stars
Kin-Dza-Dza! (1986) 4 stars
Babette's Feast (1987) 5 stars
Empire of the Sun (1987) 5 stars
'A Handful of Dust (1988) 4 stars
Midnight Run (1988) 4 stars
Henry V (1989) 4.5 stars
1990's:
'The Eligible Bachelor - Sherlock Holmes (1994) 3 stars
Princess Mononoke (1997) 4 stars
Life is Beautiful (La vita e bella) (1997) 5 stars
Saving Private Ryan (1998) 4 stars
Waking Ned Devine (1998) 4.5 stars
2000's:
To End All Wars (2001) 3 stars
A Peck on the Cheek (Kannathil Muthamittal) (2002) 3 stars
Catch Me if You Can (2002) 4 stars
Flywheel (2003) 3.5 stars
Howl's Moving Castle (2004) 4.5 stars
'Cinderella Man (2005) 2.5 stars
Pride and Prejudice (2005) 3.5 stars
Rescue Dawn (2006) 4 stars
Casino Royale (2006) 4 stars
Ratatouille (2007) 4.5 stars
Seven Pounds (2008) 2.5 stars
Valkyrie (2008) 4 stars
2010's:
True Grit (2010) 4.5 stars
Bernie (2011) 4 stars
*The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
*Iron Man 3 (2013)
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) 2 stars

'Man of Steel (2013) 1 star

Captain Phillips (2013) 4 stars
*Thor: The Dark World (2013)
12 Years a Slave (2013) 4.5 stars
The Book Thief (2013) 3.5 stars
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) 3 stars
Top Film/TV I watched in 2013
Ragamuffin (2014) 3.5 stars
Son of God (2014) 2 stars
Noah (2014) 4 stars
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) 3 stars
Top Film/TV I watched in 2014
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) 3.5 stars
Inside Out (2015)
Jurassic World (2015)
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) 4.5 stars
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Batman vs. Superman - Dawn of Justice (2016)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Top Film/TV I watched in 2015

Those marked with an * redirect to Longish.
Those marked with an ' redirect to Letterboxd.

TV:
1998:
Our Mutual Friend 4.5 stars
2001:
'Band of Brothers 4 stars
2013:
*The Bible -
     Episode 1 3.5 stars
     Episode 2 3 stars
     Episode 3 4 stars
     Episode 4 2 stars
     Episode 5 3.5 stars
*Father Brown - Season 1
*Endeavour - Season 1
    Episode 1 - Girl 4 stars
    Episode 2 - Fugue 5 stars
    Episode 3 - Rocket 3 stars
    Episode 4 - Home 3 stars
*Foyle's War - Season 7
    Episode 1 - The Eternity Ring 4.5 stars
    Episode 2 - The Cage 3 stars
    Episode 3 - Sunflower 2.5 stars
*Doctor Who
Broadchurch - Season 1 5 stars
    Finale (spoilers)
Top Film/TV I watched in 2013
2014:
Sherlock - Season 3
    Episode 1 - The Empty Hearse 4 stars
    Episode 2 - The Sign of Three 2 stars
    Episode 3 - His Last Vow 4 stars
Endeavour - Season 2
    Episode 1 - Trove 3.5 stars
    Episode 2 - Nocturne 4 stars
    Episode 3 - Sway 4 stars
    Episode 4 - Neverland 5 stars
Agatha Christie's Poirot - Season 13
    Episode 1 - Elephants Can Remember 3.5 stars
    Episode 2 - The Big Four 3.5 stars
    Episode 3 - Dead Man's Folly 4.5 stars
    Episode 4 - Labours of Hercules 5 stars
    Episode 5 - Curtain: Poirot's Last Case 5 stars
Gracepoint - Season 1
    Episode 1
    Episode 2
    Episode 3
    Episode 4
    Episode 5
    Episode 6
    Episode 7
    Episode 8
    Episode 9
    Episode 10
Inspector Lewis - Season 7
     Episode 1 - Entry Wounds 3 stars
     Episode 2 - Lions of Nemea 3.5 stars
     Episode 3 - Beyond Good and Evil 3.5 stars
Top Film/TV I watched in 2014
2015
Foyle's War - Season 8
    Episode 1 - High Castle 3 stars
    Episode 2 - Trespass 3.5 stars
    Episode 3 - Elise 4 stars
Broadchurch - Season 2
    Episode 1
    Episode 2
    Episode 3
    Episode 4
    Episode 5
    Episode 6
    Episode 7
    Episode 8
Inspector George Gently - Series 7
    Episode 1 - Gently With the Women
    Episode 2 - Breathe In the Air
    Episode 3 - Gently Among Friends
    Episode 4 - Son of a Gun
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
    Episode 1 - The Friends of English Magic
  *Episode 2 - How Is Lady Pole?
  *Episode 3 - The Education of a Magician
  *Episode 4 - All the Mirrors of the World
  *Episode 5 - Arabella
  *Episode 6 - The Black Tower
  *Episode 7 - Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Partners in Crime
    The Secret Adversary
      *Episode 1
      *Episode 2
      *Episode 3
    N or M?
      *Episode 4
      *Episode 5
      *Episode 6
Inspector Lewis - Season 9 
   *Episode 1 - One For Sorrow
   *Episode 2 - Magnum Opus
   *Episode 3 - What Lies Tangled
2016
Endeavour - Season 3
   *Episode 1 - Ride
   *Episode 2 - Arcadia
   *Episode 3 - Prey
   *Episode 4 - Coda
Those marked with an * redirect to Longish.
Those marked with an ' redirect to Letterboxd.