I haven’t seen SEVEN SAMURAI in forever, so I can’t compare.
I enjoyed MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, but be warned: There isn’t really any action until the end.
I’m deliriously tired, so I gotta go. But it’s a good movie. I even liked it back when it was on TV in the middle of the day.
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The Magnificent Seven 1960
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The Clock 1945
At first I was like “this is Robert Walker’s cutest role!”, then I was like “I think he might be on the spectrum or a stalker or something”. Either way, I liked him a lot. He’s a bumbling fool, but he elicits sympathy which I liked. I just realized how much he looks like Kevin Spacey, though.
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Endless Poetry 2016
If you’ve seen the first film (DANCE OF REALITY), then you don’t need me to explain it. This sequel is a perfect continuation. So watch DANCE OF REALITY first.
When it ends, Alejandro still hasn’t made a movie. I really hope we get a third installment focusing on that era. But I don’t think we will.
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In Passing 1991
This Atom Egoyan short can be found on the Criterion release. It’s an intriguing 19 minutes.
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I Drink Your Blood 1970
Ew, animal cruelty!
So there’s all these weird hippies hanging out, and their idea of a practical joke is to push their van off a cliff, with one of their friends in it!
More animal killing!
These hippies are Satan worshipers. One guy is dressed like Luke Cage. This was two years before Cage’s first appearance, unfortunately. And there’s a guy called Dr. Banner.
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Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2003
My celebration of Brendan Fraser continues with a movie I didn’t know existed until a few months ago. Let’s check it out…
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Joe Dante has been a fan of the Looney Tunes for a few decades, so he was a good choice to direct. Fraser’s “big lovable lug” fits into this wacky universe. I’m not sure about Jenna Elfman. Her interactions with animated characters aren’t the best. The PSYCHO bit was hilarious, though.
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989
I’ve been meaning to see this since I was twelve. Let’s finally check it out…
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I love the artificiality of the sets. Ew, I don’t like the shit, though. There’s literal shit everywhere.
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Michael Gambon’s character is interesting. He talks like a restaurateur, like he knows what he’s talking about. But in reality, does he know anything? Either way, he’s a crass bastard. A monster, actually.
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Night of the Comet 1984
I like Regina because she has interests. Like video games, superheroes, and popcorn. Her sister, Samantha, is into chips. I just like it when female characters do things they don’t usually do onscreen, and both these sisters are munchin’ away.
Hey, she just woke up and she’s eating popcorn again! I love it.
Now she’s eating Twizzlers!
Look! A zombie!It’s such a cute zombie movie, and the sisters are adorable.
Obligatory montage scenes of the sisters in an empty mall.
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The Big Parade 1925
Stop making out with your mom, man.
I love the barrel scene. That’s one of the funniest bits. The whole first act is basically a comedy. I wonder if Buster Keaton was inspired at all by THE BIG PARADE.
I now have a crush on Renee Adorée. Too bad she died of tuberculosis just eight years later. Coincidentally I’m reading a book about TB in the 1930s (The Plague and I), how weird.
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Electra, My Love 1974
Check out the misty, sepia opening shot. There’s something about people walking (or in this case riding horses) in line right on the horizon line. No matter how many times it’s been done, it’s always a powerful image.
Jancso has an obsession with barracks next to huge fields, soldiers doing things in unison, and peasants holding hands and dancing and getting naked. I’m not sure how I feel about it.
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Black Swan 2010
Darren Aronofsky is committed to getting his actors the Academy Award. He’s now done it twice, almost three times. I like that about him.
Speaking of actors, Vincent Cassel is one of my favorites. I originally despised his character, but I don’t hate him so much anymore. He’s my favorite character now.BREAKING NEWS: I got scared by a jump scare!
All the girl on girl action doesn’t appeal to me. Maybe if I was twelve still.
But did it…