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Reviews

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  Mirror 1975

  

  Jeffrey Overstreet ★★★★★ 3

  [I watched the Criterion blu-ray in the company of my good friend of more than 30 years: David Habecker, who speaks Russian and knows and understands more about Russian history…

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  Elvis 2022

  

  Sonny Bunch ★★★★

  I did not expect to love ELVIS as I love neither Luhrmann nor Elvis. But ... I kind of loved it? At least the first 90 minutes, when it most…

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  Romance on the High Seas 1948

  

  Nick James ★★★★ 1

  What could've been a lightweight and disposable musical comedy is elevated by some clever dialogue from the writers of Casablanca and a game debut performance from Doris Day.

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  3 Bad Men 1926

  

  Nick James ★★★★

  Filled with striking imagery that prefigures much of John Ford's later career (I recall seeing images and moments that evoked 3 Godfathers, Wagon Master, and The Grapes of Wrath). Olive…

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  The Iron Giant 1999

  

  Nick James ★★★★★ 2

  I hesitate to say this is better than E.T., so I'll settle for saying it's *my* E.T., if that makes sense.

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  The Black Phone 2021

  

  Tim Costa from the First Time Watchers Podcast ★★★★ 2

  Works really well on multiple levels, from any interaction between the kids to serving as a very solid mystery/thriller. 
  There is a scene early on that features child abuse that…

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  Elvis 2022

  

  Nick James ★★★★

  Luhrman's maximalist filmmaking tendencies would probably be enough for me to ignore the cradle-to-grave biopic structure that Walk Hard lampooned 15 years ago. But the filmmaker and his co-writers found…

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  Ambulance 2022

  

  matt lynch ★★★★½

  Michael Bay's COLLATERAL. I wish Tony Scott was alive to see this.