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  • Shock 1977

    ★★★½ Rewatched 12 May, 2013

    Surprisingly spooky with one of my favorite jump scares (in the final six minutes). Of course you have to overlook the dubbing and poor acting, but c'mon. Bava, right?

  • Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country 2008

    ★★★★½ Watched 07 Feb, 2013

    "Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country," which uses smuggled footage to cover the September 2007 protests in Burma. Absolutely fascinating, inspiring, and soul-crushing, all at the same time. Seeing tens of thousands of peaceful Buddhist monks confuse and scare one of the most oppressive military dictatorships in the world is breathtaking (even if the protests were ultimately squashed by violence on the part of the government).

  • Chinatown 1974

    ★★★★ Watched 03 Mar, 2012

    "Chinatown" - that movie with the butler from "Magnum PI," the teacher from "What's Happening?!!," and Paulie from "Rocky."

    And, oh yeah, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and that kidtoucher director (not Victor Salva, the guy who inspired him).