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  • Punishment Park 1971

    ★★★★★ Watched 14 Apr, 2013

    Punishment Park is possibly one of the scariest and most intense portrails of government oppression. Eerily filmed in the desert, it's near impossible to not feel compassion for the hunted idealists unless you're as morally corrupted as the oppressive force are present here. Their goal in all this: to reach an American flag before an equally young but barbaric police force capture them to haul them back to prison for un-constitutional crimes. On a superficial level Punishment Park can be…

  • Spring Breakers 2013

    ★★★★ Watched 05 Apr, 2013

    Spring Break Y'all...

  • The Elephant Man 1980

    ★★★★ Watched 06 Jan, 2013

    It's rather odd that Lynch followed up to his stylishly macabre feature debut Eraserhead with one of his most touching and human story about John Merrick, the Elephant Man. With Anthony Hopkins' good nature toward John Hurt's Merrick and casual banter, Lynch was really aiming for a crowd pleaser whilst retaining his dingy, fleshy aesthetic which we've come to love about the old maverick.

  • Ruby Sparks 2012

    ★★★ Added

    It wouldn’t be too much of a statement to confess that writer has conceited at one point or another, their perfect dream girl. The perfect girlfriend who just understands them. Centering the writer at the focal point of their life, only to bend at the whim of the their demands. This might sound somewhat depressing but as unflatteringly true as it is, its inevitability. This is the starting off point when looking at Zoe Kazan’s first break into the screenwriting…