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The Sparks Brothers 2021
I didn't know anything about Sparks apart from this line in 'Sponsoring the Moshpits' by Half Man Half Biscuit:
"Common misconceptions will be left at the door
And Sparks won't come from Germany anymore."So it sounds like we needed this lesson and now we have easy access to entire discographies, it would be rude not to have a dive into it. It's why I'll never take the streaming age for granted.
So this is a look into the criminally…
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022
Watched this on release day (3 days ago?) and I've taken my sweet time on rating it. I'm somewhat disappointed in myself for enjoying it given it ticks 2 of the boxes of stuff I generally dislike despite being a genre fan: generic slasher with indestructible brutish killer & *needless umpteenth entry in an already bloated,messy and mediocre franchise.
So what gives?
Well I've seen a lot of the ridiculous discourse on the Twitter and this film has quite a few…
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[REC] 2007
One of the best found-footage films, maybe even THE best. Its secrets are fairly simple. Make it scary and move it along at a brisk pace. This film is never allowed to drag and we are invited to join the dots like the characters up to the genuinely chilling finale. Watching it with headphones on last night was a pant-soilingly good experience.
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Little Shop of Horrors 1986
The greatest remake ever.
The best Rick Moranis film there has been.
All other musicals pale into insignificance.
*runs*
