Category: Movies
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Hobson’s Choice (1954)
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Read more: Hobson’s Choice (1954)Hobson chooses to surrender his genitalia.
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Le Doiulous: The Informer (1962)
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Read more: Le Doiulous: The Informer (1962)Jean-Pierre Melville’s immaculate game of chess.
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Danton (1983)
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Read more: Danton (1983)A powerful historical film, as well as an allegory for any nation that grappled with a totalitarian past. Or flirts with one at present.
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Tadpole
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Read more: TadpoleAfter much drinking and innuendo, the two end up in the sheets, although this is not enough for dear Oscar.
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Out For a Kill: 90’s Inaction
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Read more: Out For a Kill: 90’s InactionIs it even possible to articulate the premise? Unfortunately, it is. Seagal is “the most distinguished academic” at Yale, because it would be a bit of a stretch for him to be the most distinguished academic at Harvard. He’s so smart that he becomes a patsy for a Chinese drug ring who try to smuggle…
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Cyber Tracker: 90’s Inaction
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Read more: Cyber Tracker: 90’s InactionCan the premise even be articulated? Sort of. Mix Robocop with The Terminator and cast the robot with a big bald fucker that looks like Steve Wilkos. Add a real-life kickboxer Don “The Dragon” Wilson as a human who is targeted by the Steve Wilkos which is controlled by his former employers (a senator and…
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Tokyo Sonato (2008)
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Read more: Tokyo Sonato (2008)The creeping dread of a faltering global economy is likely to inspire a wave of films with themes of depression, loss, and vulnerability within developed nations. Punching holes in ideas of safety and permanence while all of our friends and neighbors lose jobs and businesses would seem to be a fairly easy target, and one…
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Goodbye Solo (2008)
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Read more: Goodbye Solo (2008)In its own way, this film is perfect. From start to finish, the performances are flawless, not a moment is wasted, and the story ends just as it should. I would use the word masterpiece, but director Ramin Bahrani is only on his third feature, and given his work in Man Push Cart and Chop…
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The Peacekeeper: 90’s Inaction
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Read more: The Peacekeeper: 90’s InactionThe 3rd best Dolph film EVER!
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Vagabond (1985)
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Read more: Vagabond (1985)How does one conduct a character study of a complete void? The human soul is elusive enough when it has emotion, connection, and interacts with those who share its space. When that soul retreats deeply and sheds aspiration, joy, and intellectual craving, then a standard investigation into that marrow would be halting, and make for…