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Recent reviews

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  Au Hasard Balthazar 1966

  ★★★ Watched 21 Aug 2023

  It’s all about that assassasssassassass.

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  Cow 2021

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Aug 2023

  I will put my hands up and admit that as being as neurodiverse as I am, I have a hard time reading people’s expressions let alone other animals so until this is mulled over by an animal behaviourist, I will just be moved by the uncompromisingly narrative-focused blocking with the casting of a central cow really prohibiting any accusations of being 'vegan Qatsi' and, from, I admit, further research, Luma slotting perfectly in the typical protagonist from Andrea Arnold.

Popular reviews

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  The Mist 2007

  ★★★★ Watched 18 Oct 2019 2

  Chinatown

  Se7en

  Planet of the apes

  Jessie’s story from Toy Story 2

  The Red Wedding

  Each of these look like the Bruce Willis-Julia Roberts skit from The Player compared to this movie’s ending.

  Definitely is to The Walking Dead what North by northwest is to James Bond.

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  Paths of Glory 1957

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Jun 2019 2

  Nice incidental WW1 double bill with They shall not grow old in terms of serious reviews.

  So, the movie directed by Stanley Kubrick that established his style going forward with that being, in my opinion, what makes it stand out from the rest of his oeuvre. How so I will elaborate on later.

  The most obvious staple of Stanley's that this introduced is his one point perspective shots, where flat mise en scene (e.g. city blocks) are captured pointing to…