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  • Easy Rider
  • Manhunter
  • Risky Business
  • Five Easy Pieces

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  • Horse Feathers

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  • Duck Soup

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  • A Dangerous Man

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  • Zatoichi

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  • Hellraiser: Bloodline

    Hellraiser: Bloodline

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    Of all the horror franchises that have made the unfortunate trip to space "Hellraiser: Bloodline" might low-key be one of the best to do it, although that's damning with faint praise.

    I went into this film expecting a masterpiece in dogshit but I was surprised at how competent it was. It kinda threw me off. Now, it doesn't have a patch on the first movie but considering the rapid state of diminishing returns I applaud that this one tried to…

  • Hellraiser: Inferno

    Hellraiser: Inferno

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    Craig Scheffer makes a return to the Barker-verse this time ditching the world of Midian for that of a scuzzy, coked out Police Detective who becomes entangled in the case of an apparent ritualistic murder where his only lead is a mysterious puzzlebox. He steals the evidence and once he solves it, those darn pesky Cenobites come a-knocking. With his life descending into the proverbial shitter he becomes increasingly more unhinged as he tries to fight the freaks of Hellworld.…

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  • Zatoichi

    Zatoichi

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    Damn, not even Japanese cinema was safe from the putrid use of early noughties CGI blood splatter, this shit looked worse than a 720p Youtube video effect from 2010. I love Takeshi Kitano, he's one of my favourite filmmakers, but man what a bad miscalculation. I'd rather have no blood than whatever the hell this was? Some of you might think "well, what's the big deal?" And I'd respond by saying that the violence and unforgiving brutality of the time…

  • The Assassin

    The Assassin

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    I remember buying this new when it released on DVD back in 2015, it's since sat on my shelf untouched for nearly nine years. I don't know why I hadn't gotten around to watching it until now but the wait was definitely not worth it. I will say that on a pure aesthetic level this was one beautiful looking film. The grainy cinematography matched the sombre vibe and there was almost a seventies feel to this film that I really…

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  • Charade

    Charade

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    "Charade" is the most Hitchcockian Hitchcock that Hitchcock never Hitchcocked.

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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    I think it goes without saying amongst fellow film aficionados that we all love films, especially the great ones. However, through years of watching films I've noticed that there seems to be that one film which is hugely popular, yet when you sit down to watch it you can't understand why it's held in such high esteem. For me it's only happened a couple of times, but I unfortunately have to add "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" to the…