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Veneciafrenia 2021
Didn't know anything about Veneciafrenia, but a friend who is a big Iglesia fan was visiting the area, and it happens to be playing at the AMC just about 10 minutes from where I live.
I'll keep this short. I liked it a lot.
But...
Great first two acts. Iglesia really nailed the giallo vibe more so than any contemporary take on the genre (especially the over-wrought Suspiria remake). Gialli can be a silly genre, and he did an amazing…
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Bodies Bodies Bodies 2022
Amazing that this is the first movie I've seen since July 1st. Might be the longest I've gone in decades. Trying to be more active and less passive in life. So, my viewing habits lately are cooking/food shows and tubes.
Anyway.
I should probably include this preface with every review, but, I pretty much approach any new movie with low expectations. Can't blame Hollywood entirely, as most indie films are disappointing as well.
With Bodies x 3, I had hope.…
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Sodomites 1998
I wish I could find more information about Gaspar Noé's Sodomites. According to Wikipedia:
The film is a hardcore safe-sex promo that was made for French television in the late 1990s.
Television??? WTF channel was this on?
Because it's an explicit, 9 minute, S&M film of a guy in a wolf mask anally penetrating (avec préservatif) a woman (adult star, and co-director of Baise-moi, Coralie Trinh Thi) while a rowdy group cheers them on.
What is interesting is that the…
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The Game Changers 2018
I'm not an expert by any means, but I have spent a lot of time reading books, blogs, articles, listening to podcasts and watching documentaries on the subject of nutritional health.
In my late teens, I was macrobiotic briefly, and then vegetarian for nearly 10 years. In my late 30s, I was Paleo for around 4 years. I don't consider myself paleo now, but I do focus on a "whole foods" diet that is extremely minimal in grains, entirely free…
