Reviews
The key for the star ranking scale is:
You'll notice I don't have a standard distribution of ratings, as I try to be selective about what I consume. From time to time, a clanger like Battle Royale (omg) will sneak in and I'll give it a review, too.
Use these nifty stars to filter what you'd like to see across film, books and events.
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Train Dreams
Visually stunning and delightfully unconventional. This film shatters screenwriting norms, delivering a deeply atmospheric character study. …
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Midnight Run
🍿 Rewatchability Scale (1-10): 1 - it took me three separate times to watch this end to end⏪ Most Rewatchable Scene: any time De Niro gets …
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Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste
wild to know a few folk who participated
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New Rose Hotel
not quite unwatchable, but close. walken, dafoe and bourdain's ex
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Entourage
no story and no depth but somehow... fun!?
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Battle Royale
truly insane. shades of hunger games. augie with the worst recommendation of the century
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In Search of Greatness
Too generic. It’s well-documented that Jerry Rice was an absolute maniac, which you could argue had a greater influence on his ability than …
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Boogie Nights
groovy but still never quite got it
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Sinners
this is so hard to review. it's epic and garbage simultaneously
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Hoppers
🦎🦎🦎💞
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In Time
lost me at weird math and wobbly door
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I'm Not a Robot
flashes of brilliance
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Sirāt
💥 explosive. stunning and patience-inducing cinematography
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Whiplash
must watch annually
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Incendies
oh my goodness. the gasp
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The Silence of the Lambs
great, but do not watch on morning commute
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No Other Choice
stunning cinematography. great build, no release.
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Heat
wild how val kilmer sneaks through a barricade and the car is registered to bukowski
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The Hangover Part III
definition of fall off. lost the formula, snoozefest.
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The Hangover Part II
part romance, all acceptance for stu.
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The Hangover
new ground in comedy.
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Pulp Fiction
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The Platform
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Pulp
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Sleight of Mouth: The Magic of Conversational Belief Change
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The Red Pill: Look Truth In The Face
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Back Up: Why back pain treatments aren’t working and the new science offering hope
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Ham on Rye
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Reality Transurfing Steps I-V
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A Bone of Fact
This man is a savant. A real page-turner, strongly recommend as a coffee table book.
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The Creative Act: A Way of Being
The editing of this book is next level. There's not a wasted word. I recommend it to anyone who wants to embark on a creative process or is …
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Women
As gritty and grimy as the cover would lead you to believe.
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Factotum
Simply top shelf.
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Scenes from My Life: A Memoir
Brilliant and heartbreaking, given how he passed.
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The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
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Batman - Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
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Reborn, Book One
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Doing Nothing: Coming to the End of the Spiritual Search
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Lane 8
Roundhouse
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Ludovico Einaudi
Opera House
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Field Day 2026
The Domain
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Top Shelf Live
Ravesis
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DJ Willy D - Sunset
Bondi
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Yotto
White Bay Power Station
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Tierra Whack
Odeon Theatre
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Rival Consoles
Odeon Theatre
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DJ Willy D
Coogee
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Top Shelf Live
Ravesis
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John Butler
City Recital Hall
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Parkway Drive
Qudos Bank Arena
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Aldous Harding
Opera House
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Ludovico Einaudi
Opera House
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Boiler Room Sydney
Sydney Showground
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Silly Lily
ivy
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Top Shelf Live
Bondi Pavilion
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Nox Vahn
Oxford Underground
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What So Not
Roundhouse Sydney
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Slowdive
Enmore Theatre
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Lastlings
Metro Theatre
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Silly Lily at Lost Sundays
ivy
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Max Richter
Opera House
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José González
Opera House
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Australian Chamber Orchestra
Opera House
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Running Touch - Lost Tour
The Lansdowne Hotel
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Salted Ham
Oxford Art Factory
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Top Shelf Live
Glass Island
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Harry Styles
Accor Stadium
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Marc Rebillet
Enmore Theatre
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Top Shelf Live
Ravesis
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Stephan Bodzin
Ivy
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Field Day
The Domain
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Alpha 9
Melbourne Showgrounds
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Anjunadeep Weekender
Melbourne Showgrounds
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Rüfüs Du Sol
Flemington Racecourse
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Rüfüs Du Sol
The Domain
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Unknown DJ - Sunset
North Bondi
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Eli & Fur
Bondi
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Parcels
Enmore Theatre
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Simon Doty
Kings Cross
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YOTTO
Roundhouse
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Nils Frahm
Opera House
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Jody Wisternoff
North Sydney
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Genix
Melbourne
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Void of Vision
Manning Bar
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Top Shelf Live Duo
Bondi
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Cap Carter
North Sydney carpark
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Marsh
ivy
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Field Day 2022
The Domain
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Wombat
The Lansdowne Hotel
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Wombat
Oxford Art Factory
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John Butler
State Theatre, Sydney
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Chillinit
Enmore Theatre
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Teddy Cream
Teddy Cream