• The Wizard of Oz

    The Wizard of Oz

    ★★★★★

    How do you ever improve on perfection?

  • The Wizard of Oz

    The Wizard of Oz

    ★★★★★

    The best American picture ever made

  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    ★★★★★

    I’d like to intellectualise it 
    But it’s just deeply funny and moving

  • Paths of Glory

    Paths of Glory

    ★★★★

    It’s treason then

  • North by Northwest

    North by Northwest

    ★★★★

    Holy crop

  • Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    ★★★

    Purely for its cultural impact and artistic value the film should get a 3 
    But I can’t say I enjoyed any of it

  • Dr. No

    Dr. No

    ★★★★

    Actually goes harder than I remember

  • From Russia with Love

    From Russia with Love

    ★★★★★

    Remains THE best spy picture ever made, and stays as a perfect example of Bond

  • A Hard Day's Night

    A Hard Day's Night

    ★★★

    Hey, you won't interfere with the basic
    rugged concept of me personality, will you?

    George Harrison = comedic legend

  • Goldfinger

    Goldfinger

    ★★★

    Still totally mid 
    It’s famous only for its iconography and being on TV at Christmas 
    Other than that, it’s meandering, boring and Bond solves the plot off screen

  • Dr. Who and the Daleks

    Dr. Who and the Daleks

    ★★½

    Starts off strong, seemingly throwing off the shackles of being tied to “Doctor Who” to be just a fun science fiction romp. Eventually, it screeches to a halt, with a less talented writer unable to adapt Terry Nation’s nonsense in an interesting way

  • Help!

    Help!

    ★★★

    “Get me the home office, he’s wrecking my home”

    Ringo doing karate to no one is the best gag ever committed to screen 

    The casual fucking racism of 60’s Britain is unfortunate 

    George continues to be the GOAT

    Uh I like a lot of the ditties and non sequiturs 
    Ticket to Ride is the best 
    But the whole thing is a mess