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Reviews

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  Holy Spider 2022

  

  Afra Nariman ★★★★½ 27

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

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  TÁR 2022

  

  Sara Clements ★★★★½

  I love films that create a fascinating character that feels SO real but is inconceivably fictional. A character that makes us root for them even though we probably shouldn’t. No…

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  Orphan: First Kill 2022

  

  Sara Clements ★★★½

  Esther is one of the horror genre’s best characters. Not even of just the past 13 years, but maybe even of all time. Children can be truly terrifying. Damien (The…

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  The Northman 2022

  

  skyla ★★★★

  uh yeah. holy shit. what an epic masterpiece! emphasis on the epic. stylistically sooooo pleasing to watch. and the score, chef’s kiss. also loved the brutality. as a half-scandivian, i…

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  The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928

  

  Shea ★★★★

  When Norma Desmond said 
  “We didn’t need dialogue, we had faces” 
  This is what she was talking about.

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  Body and Soul 1947

  

  sarah ★★★★

  Body and Soul doesn’t offer anything new outside the typical boxing film formula. It is very much beat-for-beat of what one comes to expect in sports dramas, with the emotional…

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  The Father 2020

  

  Sara Clements ★★★★ 2

  Man, this is a tough watch. It's distressing how well this film makes its audience feel like we're suffering this crippling decease along with the film's title character. Anthony Hopkins…

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  Old 2021

  

  Sara Clements ★½ 2

  I need to start taking my calcium tablets in the morning