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  From Bakersfield to Mojave 2021

  

  reibureibu ★★★★

  Something I love about Benning's works from Ruhr onwards is his insistence on lingering. Prior works contained shots that met typical expectations of shot length, the subject to be filmed…

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  Alexander the Great 1980

  

  reibureibu ★★★★★ 3

  Alexander the Great as the antihero, the revolutionary, the failure. His mythology, both revered and reviled, is reincarnated two millennia forward as an übermensch (the same übermensch as before) but…

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  The Green Knight 2021

  

  Amy Hensarling ★★★★½ 17

  This movie goes so hard. Everything works. Can’t gush enough. Gorgeous framing, stellar sound design, moving imagery. And that ending, man. One for the books. Bravo, Lowery. Feels like the rare occasion…

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  Spiderhead 2022

  

  Rosie ★★½ 3

  A new dystopian sci-fi thriller on Netflix with an interesting concept and cast. Stars Miles Teller as Jeff, one of the convicts that was offered to volunteer for drug trials…

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  Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988

  

  chavel ★★★½

  I’ve seen Robert Zemeckis’ live action / cartoon blend piece of eye candy multiple times and I’ve never been able to follow it. Maybe it’s not so much as not…

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  What's Up, Doc? 1972

  

  chavel ★★★½ 7

  The screwball scenario of What’s Up, Doc? involves a mix-up with four identical suitcases vied by lawmen and criminals at a posh hotel. The idea of mixed-up suitcases sounds insipid,…

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  The Hot Rock 1972

  

  chavel ★★★

  Robert Redford as an in-and-out of prison thief, once again on the outside he gets suckered into a diamond heist job—it’s a job that never seems to end because the…

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  The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 1982

  

  theriverjordan ★★★★ 34

  “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” is a warm hug of a happy ending. 

  And you know - Dolly Parton probably gives the best hugs. For multiple reasons. 

  While director…