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Reviews

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  Burn After Reading 2008

  

  ScreeningNotes ★★★★ 3

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  True Grit 2010

  

  ScreeningNotes ★★★

  "'Malum in se.' The distinction is between an act that is wrong in itself, and an act that is wrong only according to our laws and mores. It is Latin."…

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  The Tragedy of Macbeth 2021

  

  ScreeningNotes ★★★★ 6

  "But 'tis strange: and oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray 's in deepest consequence."

  The…

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  Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow 1981

  

  ScreeningNotes ★★★ 4

  "Pay close attention. This is what it means to be defeated in battle."

  Casualties of war

  I still find it difficult to write about these as they're essentially collections of…

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  As Tears Go By 1988

  

  David James ★★★★ 13

  As Tears Go By blasted my eyeballs with its opening shot of neon cityscape and blue-glowing CRTs sizzling behind the credits, gripping my attention before anyone even appeared on screen.…

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  Days of '36 1972

  

  Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★★ 3

  In only his second film, Greek auteur Theo Angelopoulos established his incredible talent in crafting these films with pacing and editing that some find a touch slow, while others find…

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  Lethal Panther 1990

  

  Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★ 1

  One thing I wasn't anticipating after seeing multiple films in the "Girls with Guns" subgenre was the film's plenty of steamy sex and ample nudity, which occasionally crossed over into…

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  Furies 2022

  

  Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★ 3

  The fact I spent nearly half an hour trying to find out which film this is a prequel to speaks a lot about how well I recall the original.

  Putting…