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Reviews

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  Down with Love 2003

  

  #1 gizmo fan ★★★★★ 6

  THIS IS JUST EWAN MCGREGOR'S VILLAIN ORIGIN STORY OF HOW HE WENT FROM BEING A TOP TO A BOTTOM

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  The Cat in the Hat 2003

  

  Kyle Bumpers ★½

  I’m not sure if this or The Revenant is Emmanuel Lubezki’s magnum opus. The latter didn’t give me a blistering headache, so that would probably be my choice.

  🔙 Slaxx

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  The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 1976

  

  Zach Marsh ★★★

  *1978 Version*

  I feel like I outlined my issues with this cut of The Killing of a Chinese Bookie in my review of the 1976 version, so I'll start with…

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  The Damned 1969

  

  RAFIF ★★★★

  #aDaywithDirkBogarde
  Like all of his films, Luchino Visconti shows himself to be a master of cinematography. The camera moves skillfully along with the characters. The images are deliberately grim, suggesting…

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  The Black Tavern 1972

  

  Avirup

  Dragon Inn minus all the unnecessary boring stuffs but with better characters, better atmosphere, much much better action and some severed limbs. Real good time from start to finish.

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  Lightyear 2022

  

  liam f ★★★½

  pretty decent CGI for a film released in 1995

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  The Bad Sleep Well 1960

  

  Charlie Hunt ★★★★½

  The older I get (not that I’m particularly old) and the more films of Kurosawa I see, the more convinced I am that Kurosawa is the greatest to ever do…

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  The Fisher King 1991

  

  ratbastard ★★★★ 2

  Figments and Self-Loathing in Manhattan. 

  Comedy-drama / fantasy from Terry Gilliam. Shock jock ‘Jack’ is disgraced when his careless comments lead a viewer to commit a mass murder / suicide.…