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Chicken Run 2000
Gripping prison drama about a cock looking for release.
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Hostel 2006
Watched by DirkH 19 May, 2012 72 Dear mr. Roth,
In your feeble attempt at gritty realism in this foray into the torture-porn universe you overlooked a teeny, tiny thing. We do not speak, nor have we ever spoken, German in the Netherlands. Dutch (that is the name of our language) doesn't even sound like German.
Do some research, you stupid git.Yours sincerely,
Me
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2007
This is my first viewing since the film’s original release back in 2007 and I feel incredibly foolish for not having re-watched it sooner.
Quite simply The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a work of staggering brilliance and arguably the finest Western of the last twenty years. It is a film that exists on the border of two worlds - on one side it mythologizes the transitionary period of American history via the fable-building narration…
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Total Recall 2012
Watched by DirkH 14 Aug, 2012 15 I went into this chanting the following mantra: "I shall not compare it to Verhoeven's classic film."
Let's see how I got on.Wiseman's film is loosely based on Philip K. Dick's short story "We can remember it for you wholesale". And by loosely I mean it's actually not based on it at all. The only similarities to the story and this film are in the characters' names and the name of the company that alters memories. That's it. No…
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Prometheus 2012
Watched by DirkH 13 Jun, 2012 32 As a direct prequel to Alien this film fails on all levels imaginable. I am happy that I was able to detach this film sufficiently from Scott's legendary film and enjoy it for what it is, a visually stunning and immensely entertaining science fiction film.
Don't get me wrong, I needed a bit of help to reach this conclusion. A short anecdote, if you don't mind. After watching Prometheus I was confused and didn't immediately know what to make of…
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John Dies at the End 2013
Added by atmtc It starts so awesomely that makes sense that it slowly fades out it's geniuses, so 90s!
