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John Bleasdale
John Bleasdale

John Bleasdale

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Favorite films

  • Casablanca
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey

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  • The Sadness

    ★★★½

  • Red Dawn

    ★★

  • He Got Game

    ★★★★★

  • National Treasure

    ★★★

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  • The Sadness

    The Sadness 2021

    ★★★½ Watched by John Bleasdale 15 May 2022

    Gnarly in extremis.

  • Red Dawn

    Red Dawn 1984

    ★★ Watched by John Bleasdale 14 May 2022

    A shart

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  • American Anarchist

    American Anarchist 2016

    ★★ Watched by John Bleasdale 02 Sep 2016

    Irritating waste of a good topic

  • Run Hide Fight

    Run Hide Fight 2020

    ★ Watched by John Bleasdale 07 Sep 2020 1

    An unflushed toilet

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  • documentary
  • animation
  • brian de palma
  • comedy
  • disney
  • financial crisis
  • hbo
  • horror
  • italian cinema
  • john carpenter
  • kids film
  • michel gondry
  • noam chomsky
  • rosi
  • rotterdam
  • science fiction
  • stephen king
  • volante
  • woody allen

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Bio

Host of the Writers on Film podcast. Words at The Economist, The Guardian, The FT, The Times, Cine-Vue, Il Manifesto, HotCorn, Sight and Sound and many more.

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“Would you be in need of a new suit?”

Watchlist

42
  • Armageddon
  • Toy Story 4
  • Say Anything...
  • National Treasure: Book of Secrets
  • Shalako

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    15
    The Sadness
    14
    Red Dawn
    14
    He Got Game
    12
    National Treasure
    12
    My Cousin Vinny
    11
    The Birthday Party
    10
    The Robe
    10
    Sergeant Rutledge
    10
    Two for the Road
    9
    Twisted Nerve

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  • 83 ★ ratings (2%)
  • 377 ★★ ratings (8%)
  • 2,024 ★★★ ratings (45%)
  • 1,498 ★★★★ ratings (33%)
  • 507 ★★★★★ ratings (11%)
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Recent lists

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  • Air Doll
  • Vanya on 42nd Street
  • Culloden
  • Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
  • Departures

Films I own but haven’t seen 22 films

  • The Devil, Probably
  • Floating Clouds
  • The Life of Oharu
  • Russian Ark
  • Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

Sight and Sound watch list 23 films

  • The Maltese Falcon
  • Gabriel Over the White House
  • The Greeks Had a Word for Them
  • The Story of Temple Drake
  • Employees' Entrance

Precode Watchlist 2022 20 films

Activity

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  • John Bleasdale reviewed and rated The Sadness ★★★½ on Sunday May 15, 2022 on 2022-05-15

  • John Bleasdale reviewed and rated Red Dawn ★★ on Saturday May 14, 2022 on 2022-05-15

  • John Bleasdale reviewed and rated He Got Game ★★★★★ on Saturday May 14, 2022 on 2022-05-15

  • John Bleasdale reviewed and rated National Treasure ★★★ on Thursday May 12, 2022 on 2022-05-13

  • John Bleasdale reviewed and rated My Cousin Vinny ★★★★★ on Thursday May 12, 2022 on 2022-05-13

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