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  Arthur 1981

  ★★★½ Rewatched 19 Sep 2023

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  At its' core, Arthur is a delightful romantic comedy, with extremely likable leads who not only give solid performances, but have great on-screen chemistry. I am of course talking about the relationships between Arthur (Dudley Moore - nominated for an Academy Award) and his budding romance with Linda (Liza Minnelli) as well as Arthur and his man-servant Hobson (John Gielgud who won a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award). Even Arthur and his chauffer, Bitterman (Ted Ross) have a familiarity. Make…

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  Scream VI 2023

  ★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2023

  The recipe for the Scream franchise is all here - another killer has taken up the Ghostface killer mantle, someone explains the cinematic rules of how things are going to play out, and there are red herrings galore as the picture toys with us as to who the killer is and who is going to die. It's all here, and yet it still works. The New York setting adds some excitement as there are a couple of murderous set pieces…

Popular reviews

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  Zodiac 2007

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 09 Apr 2013 1

  I hadn't seen this movie since opening night in 2007 (went straight from work to the Varsity theater in Toronto for it) and not only has this movie held up but it's better then I remember it which is tough because I thought it was great to begin with.

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  Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor 2013

  ½ Watched 03 Mar 2014

  Wow..so over the top bad. The last 45 minutes or so will leave you breathless - and not so much in a good way.

  Kim Kardashian is in it though....which really means nothing at all.