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  Alien 1979

  ★★★★★ Watched 28 Apr 2024

  45th anniversary theatrical re-release.

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  Road House 2024

  ★★½ Watched 22 Mar 2024

  Doug Liman's update of the late 80's sleazy action classic keeps the violence but jettisons the goofiness of it's premise and characters (as well as the sincerity). It's sexless and piles on the wink-wink, nudge-nudge irony. Characters are underwritten, subplots are setup then abandoned; it's lacking in confidence. It overestimates how much we'll care about Conor McGregor as a screen presence. Overall, its barely adequate for a remake that is ashamed of it's origin.

Popular reviews

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  War and Peace 1967

  ★★★★★ Added

  I've always wanted to see this and was sick of the pan-and-scan versions that were everywhere. The Ruscico edition has an anamorphic widescreen transfer, decent sound and subtitles; Netflix recently made this 4-disc version available through its disc service. This is the version you want to check out. Over the course of 2 weeks, I was able to make it through this nearly 7-hour epic and it was worth it. Full of spectacle, war scenes, melodrama and meditation (for its…

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  Only Lovers Left Alive 2013

  ★★★★½ Watched 08 Dec 2014

  Jim Jarmusch's unconventional take on modern-day vampires made for one of my favorite films of the year. The fascinating, day-to-day life/routine for these nocturnal immortals was a breath of fresh air and never made a false step.

  I was charmed by Tom Hiddleston's brooding and depressing Adam as he made music only for himself and occasionally ranted about the "zombies". I was equally charmed by Tilda Swinton's Eve as she took pleasure in her surroundings, never taking experiences for granted…

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