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  • Rhapsody in August
  • Dreams
  • I Live in Fear
  • Red Beard

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  • The Sword of Doom

  • To Be or Not to Be

  • The City of Lost Children

  • A Matter of Life and Death

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  • The Sword of Doom

    The Sword of Doom

    Might be a masterpiece. Tatsuya Nakadai is an absolute demon as Ryunosuke, who begins the film as the stock archetype of a heartless and highly skilled swordsman who kills at will and can't be beaten by normal men. But as the story wears on and personal, political, and psychological realities close in around him, the façade of the inhuman villain wears away and what we find instead is a feral creature that cannot address the pain of life with any…

  • The 13th Warrior

    The 13th Warrior

    Some incredible stuff going on visually, but it's all bogged down in bad pacing and exposition-itis. If the talk is to be believed, this is the result of creative head-butting between John McTiernan, who was eventually fired from the project, and Michael Crichton, who wrote the source novel Eaters of the Dead and took over as director after poor test screenings.

    In the end, The 13th Warrior dropped like a hot rock at the box office. It's a shame, because…

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  • Good Will Hunting

    Good Will Hunting

    It's not your fault.
    It's not your fault.
    It's not your fault.
    It's not your fault. (I get misty about here)
    It's not your fault.
    It's not your fault.
    It's not your fault. (Damon lasts this long)
    It's not your fault.
    It's not your fault.
    It's not your fault. (The eagle has landed)

  • Maurice

    Maurice

    Hugh Grant closing his bedroom window will linger in my mind as a burning image of heartache and regret. The closet kills you any way it can.