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  Magic 1978

  ★★½ Watched by Cliff 28 May 2022

  This film has such a strong opening that, when the second act got a bit draggy, I was excited for things to pull back for an excellent finalé. Sadly, that's not exactly how things pan out, despite an exciting moment on a lake at exactly the point when it needs to amp up. The problem, I think, is that the whirlwind that the lead character, stage illusionist Corky (Anthony Hopkins), goes through at the start - lying to his ailing…

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  Burn Burn Burn 2015

  ★ Watched by Cliff 27 May 2022

  An abysmal, bittersweet road trip comedy that makes the arguably fatal mistake of not casting comedians in the lead roles. Laura Carmichael & Chloe Pirrie don't even have any comedy acting credits outside of this effort, and it really shows. But they're far from the worst thing about Burn Burn Burn, in which they play Alex & Seph, two friends whose mate Dan has died unexpectedly. In the first of a series of videos he recorded for them while secretly succumbing to…

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  Sleepaway Camp 1983

  ★★★½ Added by Cliff 2

  The most disturbing image in this movie isn't that final shot, it's the fact that Meg seems genuinely into the idea of shagging that rancid old camp owner.

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  City of the Living Dead 1980

  ★★★★ Added by Cliff 8

  Extract from HAMLET by William Shakespeare:

  FIRST GRAVEDIGGER
  Is she to be buried in Christian burial that
  wilfully seeks her own salvation?

  SECOND GRAVEDIGGER
  I tell thee she is: and therefore make her grave
  straight: the crowner hath sat on her, and finds it
  Christian burial.

  FIRST GRAVEDIGGER
  How can that be, unless she drowned herself in her
  own defence?

  SECOND GRAVEDIGGER
  It must be "se offendendo"; it cannot be else. For
  here lies the point: if I drown myself…