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  Sunset Boulevard 1950

  ★★★★ Watched 19 Jan 2023

  Sight and Sound 2022 challenge.

  Film 8/100

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  The Whale 2022

  ★★★ Watched 12 Jan 2023

  I for one Welcome our new Hong Chau overlord.

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  The Hateful Eight 2015

  ★★★★ Added

  If Django Unchained is Tarantino's version of the original True Grit, then The Hateful Eight is his version of Unforgiven. There is nothing glorified or fun about The Hateful Eight, apart from a few great lines. Instead we have a plethora of ugly, unpleasant characters in an ugly, unpleasant world.

  The violence in this film, though just as graphic as Tarantino's previous works, is completely unstylized or flashy, opting instead for straightforward, uncomfortable brutality. This is not an easy or…

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  Alien 1979

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 14 Apr 2016

  Scavenger Hunt 13: April 2016
  Film 10
  Task 6: A film whose tagline sticks with you

  One of the best parts about this movie that nobody ever talks about is the sound design. The way the soft beeps of the monitors can take a sinister tone when the incredible suspense of ALIEN hits. How soft the beginning of the film is in comparison to the loud screeching of the alarms at the end. The sound design in ALIEN is freakin…