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  L.A. Takedown 1989

  

  Amartya Acharya ★★

  Basically proto-Heat. It's almost jaw dropping to see this blueprint of a workmanlike telefilm transform into the classic that Heat is. Obviously this doesn't have as much character depth as…

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  Eyes Wide Shut 1999

  

  demi adejuyigbe ★★★★½ 32

  stanley kubrick saw After Hours and thought "what if this wasn't funny"

  fucking stunning. gotta sit with it for a while and maybe even watch it again, but wowowowow. really…

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  Paths of Glory 1957

  

  Ishan ★★★★★ 6

  [This review isn't great, but I like to think of it as a time capsule of my feelings back then]

  "Gentlemen of the court, there are times that I'm ashamed…

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  Paths of Glory 1957

  

  Nick J ★★★★ 5

  Film Club Secret Cinema, Pick by Anchor Rancor

  Another great Kubrick movie, no surprise there. I think Kubrick falls in the same boat as Sirk as in watching their black…

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  Paths of Glory 1957

  

  chavel ★★★★★ 3

  “Gentlemen of the court, there are times when I’m ashamed to be a member of the human race and this is one such occasion. It’s impossible for me to summarize…

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  Paths of Glory 1957

  

  Dragonknight ★★★★★ 18

  ”Your men died very well Colonel.”

  My knowledge of German language is zero. I don’t understand any single word of it but when in the closing moments of the movie…

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  When a Stranger Calls 1979

  

  Ali ★★★½

  Like many of you, I was rather surprised when the story changed its trajectory from ‘babysitter-in-danger’ to ‘rogue detective in pursuit.’ The middle portion is different, sure, but still worked…

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  When a Stranger Calls 1979

  

  RanchoTuVu ★★★★ 2

  This has a kind of a made for TV feel to it that gets out of hand as it goes along. It explores different stages and they merge together in…