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  No Bears 2022

  

  Allison M. 🌱 ★★½

  TIFF

  Indeed, the title is apt as there are no bears in this film.

  Vegan points:
  Cats vibing

  Note: first week of January, this film is MUBI Go's film of…

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  Ninja Condors 1987

  

  SubToretto ★★★★ 4

  This is shockingly similar to Arnold’s 80s classic: Commando. Certainly in the final third, where we get a ninja version of the compound raid complete with stealthy dispatches of guards…

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  Hell Riders 1984

  

  Jamerlich ★★

  Not easily rateable like most of Harmon's output. Seeing her name kind of simultaneously raises and lowers my expectations. The majority of their stuff was just to create acting credits…

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  Arena 1989

  

  Rob Dean ★★★ 1

  Thought I had seen this, but turns out just the first third. It’s overall dumb fun - though the hero’s refusal of the call makes no sense and feels like…

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  Paranoiac 1963

  

  RetroMovieNerd ★★★

  Hammer attempted to cash in on the post-Psycho craze with films such as Scream of Fear and this one, Paranoiac. This one is definitely Hitchcockian in its framework and setup.…

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  Outland 1981

  

  William Mendoza ★★★★

  There’s no reason for this to take place in space, it could easily have been set in Wyoming, but it’s way cooler that it does. Sean Connery is the glue…

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  So Sweet... So Perverse 1969

  

  D Edward ★★★

  Similar to Diabolique, and while it’s next to impossible to top that movie, Umberto Lenzi certainly is giving this movie a lot in its own right. More sex appeal and a…

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  Dombivali Fast 2006

  

  Colin McEvoy ★★★

  Mostly good; I especially liked some of the editing techniques used to illustrate his growing frustration near the beginning. But I thought there was something a little lacking in the…