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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Apr 22, 2023 9:22:19 GMT
Transfusion (2023) - 2/10
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Post by politicidal1 on Apr 22, 2023 12:51:23 GMT
Shock (1946). 7/10.
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Post by theravenking on Apr 23, 2023 14:24:43 GMT
Dead Ringers (1988) - 7/10
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Post by politicidal1 on Apr 24, 2023 0:28:12 GMT
The Valley of Gwangi (1969). 7/10. Repeat watch.
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Post by theravenking on Apr 24, 2023 15:00:30 GMT
Ben (1972) - 4/10
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Post by politicidal1 on Apr 24, 2023 22:01:05 GMT
The Tamarind Seed (1974). 7/10. This was a second viewing for me and while I didn't hate it the last time I saw this, I enjoyed it much more than I did the first time.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Apr 26, 2023 13:06:27 GMT
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936) - 5/10
Charlie played by Warner Oland. One of the supporting cast was J Carrol Naish, who would go on to play CC himself many years later.
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Post by LeBeauSerge on Apr 26, 2023 20:20:52 GMT
Leviathan (2014) - 7/10
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Post by politicidal1 on Apr 27, 2023 15:48:12 GMT
Control (2004). 6/10.
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 29, 2023 23:24:10 GMT
I’m not good at numerical ratings (I’m never sure how to decide, e.g., what deserves a 6/10 as opposed to a 7/10), but is it OK to post reviews here of the last movies I saw? Or should I start a separate thread for that?
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Post by politicidal1 on Apr 30, 2023 16:48:03 GMT
I’m not good at numerical ratings (I’m never sure how to decide, e.g., what deserves a 6/10 as opposed to a 7/10), but is it OK to post reviews here of the last movies I saw? Or should I start a separate thread for that? Whatever works, man.
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 30, 2023 19:12:56 GMT
OK, this’ll be short. I hope. But I want to say a few words about the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie (1992), which Joss Whedon wrote before making the much more famous TV show out of this property. I caught this some years ago on TV and liked it then, and I rewatched it last night and still like it. What I always find odd about this movie that, despite how much Whedon hates it, it’s not that different from his TV show (which I’ve been watching and enjoying recently). It’s got the same blend of humor, horror, and drama—and the same characterization of Buffy as split between her Chosen One duties and being a regular high-school kid. In fact, I’m pretty baffled at Whedon’s much-repeated criticism that the producers and director Fran Rubel Kuzui turned the movie “into a broad comedy.” The movie actually treats the kooky premise seriously, going in depth about Buffy’s internal conflicts, much as the show would do. And there are no real comedy set pieces; the comedy almost entirely comes in one-liners—one-liners that Whedon probably wrote. While we’re at it, the last episode of the show’s first season, “Prophecy Girl” (which Whedon directed as well as wrote), is basically a remake of this, and I’m not sure which one’s more serious. “Prophecy Girl” has an excellent Sarah Michelle Gellar performance (her speech about not wanting to die is heartbreaking), but it’s also too stuffed and too rushed (the Master’s death is so anticlimactic). Here, we hit most of the same plot beats, but the feature length means they don’t come too fast. And Kirsty Swanson’s performance as Buffy is good. It won’t make anyone forget Gellar, but then the actresses were playing different versions of the character (Swanson’s Buffy doesn’t originally know she’s the Chosen One, so she starts off as more stereotypically Valley Girl). Another odd thing is that the director, Kuzui, only directed one movie before this and has never directed a movie since. Her direction is not noticeably amazing, but it’s not noticeably bad either (at least, after that cheap-looking opening sequence, which seems tacked on—is this what Whedon hates?). Buffy isn’t a great movie, it certainly doesn’t hit the hilarious heights of Amy Heckerling’s similar Clueless three years later, but it also doesn’t deserve its status as the show’s red-headed stepchild. It’s an amusing little picture with a good lead performance, some memorable lines (“Kill him A LOT!”), and a good take on its material. (In other news, so much for this review being short!)
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Post by LeBeauSerge on Apr 30, 2023 20:15:57 GMT
Children of Men (2006) - 8/10
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Post by Carl LaFong on May 1, 2023 23:07:49 GMT
Greta (2018) - 5.5/10
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Post by Carl LaFong on May 1, 2023 23:08:12 GMT
Johnny O’Clock - 7/10
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