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Reviews

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  Possessor 2020

  

  davidehrlich ★★★ 12

  A queasy and intriguing horror-inflected techno-thriller that gets lost somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle between “Mandy,” “Inception,” and “Ghost in the Shell,” Brandon Cronenberg’s “Possessor” is so drunk on its…

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  Thirteen Lives 2022

  

  the film drunk ★★½ 2

  Can’t imagine being in the middle of production and seeing The Rescue release beforehand I would scream

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  Jurassic World Dominion 2022

  

  Jimmy ★★ 23

  Tom Cruise would've used real dinosaurs.

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  Oyuki the Virgin 1935

  

  Filipe Furtado ★★★½

  Mizoguchi’s version of Maupassant’s Boule de Suif is as dedicated to stillness as Stagecoach is to movement. Characters and conflict are nicely drawn in the Mizoguchi manner and Maupassant’s preoccupations…

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  Main Line to Terror 1975

  

  matteoB ★★★

  Even though It’s an imperfect movie, huge plot holes, not the best performances, and weak dialogues, Masumura crafted an incredibly bold film. In Japan criticizing the Shinkansen is like going…

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  Five Scouts 1938

  

  Ossian ★★★½

  too well made to be dismissed as pure propaganda. The battle section is very imaginative, tracking shots, pans and the shot were the soldiers are wading through reeds feels very…

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  Children of the Beehive 1948

  

  Filipe Furtado ★★★★½ 1

  A country in ruins, physical and emotionally and the kids that play act through it. As manipulative as one might expect from such material, but who cares? Shimizu is a…

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  Willy's Wonderland 2021

  

  elvisthealien ★★★ 8

  This movie is stunningly stupid in the best way. It's definitely no Mandy or Color Out of Space, but Nic Cage manages to be hilarious without uttering a word.