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One rating out of ten, no spoilers above the fold.https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/the-odyssey/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/the-odyssey/Beautifully paced — the story moves arc to arc without skipping one, with an incredible Matt Damon performance and a closing sequence that pays off.Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/hell-or-high-water/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/hell-or-high-water/A lean, well-performed thriller that keeps the chase and the tension running from the first scene to the last.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/up-in-the-air/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/up-in-the-air/A rom-com with a genuinely unusual premise, following a man through his own loneliness and out the other side.Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/the-prestige/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/the-prestige/A really good film with one of the greatest twists of all time, captivating from start to finish — though it leans further into science fiction than I wanted.Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/sicario/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/sicario/A great Emily Blunt performance anchoring a solid story with real buildup from beginning to end.Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/se7en/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/se7en/A great detective story with Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, solid throughout and building to a perfect climax.Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/the-gorge/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/the-gorge/A solid streaming action film with good performances from Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller, and a premise intriguing enough to keep you hooked.Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/gladiator/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/gladiator/One of the greatest films ever made and endlessly rewatchable, with iconic scenes and another unbelievable Zimmer score.Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/gladiator-ii/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/gladiator-ii/A disappointing return that has the right idea and then refuses to do anything with it. The 6.4 is generous, and most of it is nostalgia.Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/rounders/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/rounders/My favourite poker movie, carried by a great Matt Damon performance through the highs and the lows of the game.Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/blade-runner-2049/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/blade-runner-2049/Classic Villeneuve — beautiful cinematography and a slow, grappling story that leaves you in awe of the world.Sat, 17 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button/A beautiful film about love and perseverance, the sacrifices people make for each other, and the fear of losing your memory.Sat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/dune-part-two/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/dune-part-two/A great payoff to the reverence around Paul Atreides, with an unbelievable ending and more of Villeneuve's world building.Sat, 02 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/300/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/300/An entertaining, heavily stylised film with fight sequences and scenes that stuck.Sat, 04 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/the-hateful-eight/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/the-hateful-eight/A long film split into chapters that pulls you further in the longer it runs, with an ending that delivers.Sat, 16 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/oppenheimer/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/oppenheimer/A solid film carried by a really strong story and screenplay, with Cillian Murphy excellent at the centre of it.Sat, 22 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/interstellar/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/interstellar/An unbelievable Hans Zimmer score under a mind-bending film that is really about a father and his daughter.Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/troy/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/troy/Brad Pitt and Eric Bana are both excellent in a film stacked with talent, built around great battle sequences.Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/inception/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/inception/Another unbelievable Zimmer score — 'Time' is one of my favourite pieces of film music ever written.Sat, 03 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/fury/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/fury/A solid action film with great performances across the board and a captivating plot built around self-sacrifice.Sat, 28 May 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/arrival/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/arrival/Story, screenplay and direction all firing at once — a long, patient film about language that stays gripping to a perfect ending.Sat, 12 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/shutter-island/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/shutter-island/One of the great plot twists — the kind that has you retelling the whole film in your head afterwards.Sat, 04 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/dune/https://movie-reviews-1lh.pages.dev/reviews/dune/World building at its finest, with great performances from Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa and the rest of the cast.Sat, 23 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT