Alexander McCright

Alexander McCright

I'm mostly here to talk about movies I love and new movies I watch.

Favorite films

  • Suspiria
  • Johnny Guitar
  • The Lady Eve
  • On Dangerous Ground

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  • Park Row

    ★★★★½

  • The Steel Helmet

    ★★★★

  • White Dog

    ★★★★

  • House of Bamboo

    ★★★★★

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  • Murder-Rock: Dancing Death

    Murder-Rock: Dancing Death

    ★★★★

    Coming just after Fulci most productive period as a director "Murder Rock" often flies under the radar. To be straightforward I think it's great. It has a wonderful 80s soundtrack composed by Keith Emerson. It's still wildly fun and full of createivity. Some scenes Fulcu really goes for it, and many scenes just feel like classic Fulci. Maybe not quite as good as Zombie or the Beyond, but in what I've seen I feel pretty confident in saying that Fulci would never make another movie this great again.

  • Persuasion

    Persuasion

    ★★

    Basically what you'd expect from a Netflix adaptation of Jane Austen.

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  • From Russia with Love

    From Russia with Love

    ★★★★★

    I'm in the process of watching every james bond movie. I watched Dr No a few months back,and I watched Licences To Kill a few weeks ago. I'll probably plow right through the Connery ones. After that I'll probably slow down, since I dint even own all of them yet. I'll loosely go on order but I will jump around a bit. Anyway I loved this one. It combines the campy bond tropes with seriousness perfectly. To make nor only…

  • The Thing

    The Thing

    ★★★★★

    My god this movies is awesome. Now that's out of way let's get right to it. The budget for this movie was about 13 million which for carpenter was his most up to that point and he takes full advantage of it. With the effects helicopters and flame throwers this doesn't feel at all like a B movie. The 3 main genre carpenter has done is horror scfy and action. He basically combines all 3 in this movie. There are…

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