Sparks Lowry

Moshington, DC
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The Hound of the Baskervilles

★★
The Baby-Sitters Club

★★
Death Sentence

★★★½
Excalibur

★★★★½

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The Hound of the Baskervilles 1978

★★ Watched 14 Jul, 2020

How strange.....
The Baby-Sitters Club 1995

★★ Watched 14 Jul, 2020

This would be a lot better if Academy Award-winner Ellen Burstyn had no direct involvement in the plot and only appeared in cutaway gags as she did for the first two acts of the film.
Also the director of this was gorgeous in the '90s, gosh.

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Hillary 2020

½ Watched 09 Mar, 2020 1

I knew I was gonna hate this when a song by The Interrupters began the documentary, trumpeting Hillary Rodham Clinton as a punk icon.
This hits all the classic DNC beats, such as:
- Evil Bernie supporters
- Socialism bad
- Russian hacking scandal
- Taking cheap shots at Trump and pretending they weren't buddies once
- Bringing up scandals very vaguely and failing to fully explain them
- Bruh moments (such as the infamous 'nobody likes [Bernie]' and '[I…
Excalibur 1981

★★★★½ Rewatched 13 Jul, 2020

One of the best-looking maximalist films ever made.
Williamson, Mirren, and surprisingly enough, Paul Geoffrey really shine here.
Lancelot's scenes at the end remain deeply affecting, as do pretty much every scene between the rivals Merlin and Morgana.
Boorman is one of the greats.