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Toy Machine - Welcome To Hell
A classic and perfect example of snappy skate videos done right.
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Block-Heads 1938
Great fun and with his subtle supernatural hints - the blinds and the hand pipe - Stan Laurel is a proto-Chauncey Gardiner from Hal Ashby's 'Being There', adding a nice hint of otherworldly wonder to the film. He's also still one of the beautifully played and watchable characters ever and the friendship between the two is on typically sweet form. To top it off, the inventive and impressive visual effects hold up really well. Dependable L&H.
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Scarface 1983
As an action film or the movie that makes Tony Montana a hip hop hero and student poster boy, Scarface is dreadful.
However, as a black comedy, Pacino's hilarious portrayal of a deluded dimwit is brilliant - part Kenny Powers, part the best character Rob Brydon never invented - and the supporting roles are just as good, showing how far pigheadedness can get hard-working nobodies. That this man is a hero to so many compounds the humour and it's amazing…
