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Reviews

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  A Simple Story 1959

  

  Michael Sicinski ★★★★½

  Marcel Hanoun's Une simple histoire is a film more commonly heard about in vague whispers than addressed head-on. This is because its maker, Marcel Hanoun, remained a marginal figure in…

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  The Northman 2022

  

  JΔΣΞS Β ★★★★★

  Loved this. The revenge plot is pretty standard issue for period pieces, yet at every step Eggers surrounds it with his own particular brand of weirdness, making the whole affair…

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  The Northman 2022

  

  Grooveman ★★★★★ 3

  Eggers, you magnificent motherfucker! I pretty much spent the whole 2 hours and 18 minutes slow clapping in my head.

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  The Northman 2022

  

  SilentDawn ★★★★★ 9

  95

  Maybe could've used a bit of a trim, but when the vibes are as feral and beastly as this, it's not really a problem. Robert Eggers is one of…

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  Jesus 1979

  

  Crawlspace Dweller Matt [♥] ★★½

  "Judas, with a kiss you betray the Son of Man?"

  I recently found out that this German Christian tv channel called Bibel TV has a website with streaming service. I…

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  A Hero 2021

  

  CinemaCl🎃wn ★★★★½ 9

  After a rare unexpected misfire with his last feature, Oscar-winning Persian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi returns with a vengeance to prove why he is one of contemporary cinema's finest storytellers and…

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  American Gangster 2007

  

  Cinemonster ★★★★ 1

  Long cut. Not many people can steal a scene from Denzel. Ruby Dee can. 👑

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  Wagon Master 1950

  

  Andy Summers ★★★½ 2

  John Ford's legacy as a director of Westerns was assured long before he helmed Wagon Master. Stagecoach, My Darling Clementine, and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon were certainly my pre-1950…