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  • Frankenstein 1931

    ★★★★ Watched 16 Jan, 2013

    This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Quantum of Solace 2008

    ★½ Watched 14 Jun, 2012 1

    In most situations my natural reaction is to come down on the side of the Director over the Producer in creative conflicts but if there's been a better argument for strong Producers on franchise properties, I've not seen it.

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  • Lebanon 2009

    ★★★ Watched 03 May, 2012 2

    Great idea but after looking forward to seeing this for some time it was not as claustrophobic as I'd hoped. The idea for the film was that everything took place from the POV of the Israeli fighters in the tank. However this was weakened by the strange decision to subtitle the foreign fighters/civilians, even though our protagonists said that they didn't understand them. I appreciate this can add suspense to the story-telling (see Hitchcock's "bomb under the table") but this…

  • Alien 1979

    ★★★★★ Rewatched 26 Apr, 2012

    Stunning production design and lighting. Excellent performances. Really nice camerawork - love the simple hand-held camerawork (before handheld got stupidly frenetic) and the confidence to hold shots for a long time. I'd forgotten how scary it was too.