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  • King of the Bullwhip
  • White Zombie
  • Freaky Farley
  • Honeycomb

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  • Life or Death

    ★★★½

  • Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon

    ★★★½

  • Flying Swords of Dragon Gate

    ★★★

  • Library Wars: The Last Mission

    ★★½

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  • Life or Death

    Life or Death

    ★★★½

    A pharmacist realizes he gave a little girl poison instead of her father's medicine! As the girl heads home by public transit, the pharmacist tries to figure out a way to warn her before she gets home and gives the medcine to her dad - which instantly will kill him.

    An interesting premise done effectively, if not at the edge of the seat suspense I was hoping for, due to the decision to make the search a city-wide effort instead…

  • Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon

    Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon

    ★★★½

    Hey! It's THRILLING BLOODY SWORD, but made in 90s Japan.

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  • The Whale

    The Whale

    ★★★★

    Many will find this manipulative, heavy handed, misery porn (The Aronofsky hat trick), but I was enthralled by Brendan Fraser's performance every step of the way. I know the play has been mounted many times with different creative teams, but this was a role Fraser was born to play, with his innate likeability, and the reality of his terrible last decade, anchoring his teary eyed performance. I weirdly didn't find it it a chore to watch, because Fraser was so innately likeable, and was surrounded by actors delivering deeply empathetic performances.

  • RRR

    RRR

    ★★★★★

    RISE. ROAR. REVOLT.

    You watch RRR and wonder "Why is this film such a spine-tingling blast of excitement while most super-hero blockbusters hit audiences like tepid baths?"

    Maybe it's because they don't feature a musical number where white douchebags are struck down by the power of Indian dance.

    From the absurd premise of "What if two real-life revolutionaries who never crossed path... We're really best friends?", Director SS Rajamouli crafts a towering 3-hour epic that's all about saving a single…