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Favorite films

  • Possession
  • Twin Peaks
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
  • Cure

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  • Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain

    ★★★

  • Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

    ★★★★½

  • Angel's Egg

    ★★★½

  • Wild at Heart

    ★★★★½

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  • Wild at Heart

    Wild at Heart

    ★★★★½

    Definitely a love-it or hate it film even by Lynch standards.

  • Shin Godzilla

    Shin Godzilla

    ★★★½

    the true horror is having a job in the Japanese government

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  • Angel Heart

    Angel Heart

    ★★★½

    Good movie in the occult detective theme that slowly bleeds into psychological horror. There are some cool scenes depicting voodoo religion, the music and atmosphere is nice and De Niro is incredibly suave here.

    However its held back by relying so much on exposition, via often awkwardly delivered dialog. Overall its a decent occult mystery with a satisfying cathartic ending. Would make a good double feature followed up with Jacob's Ladder.

  • Princess Mononoke

    Princess Mononoke

    ★★★★★

    I love everything about Princess Mononoke.

    A warning of humanity's wholesale destruction of nature, and the corrupting power of hate takes the form of a mystical fantasy in feudal-era Japan.

    As in real history, country is ruled and ravaged by various military dictators vying for power and control. The land is stripped bare and looted of its metals to make explosive modern weapons - with which the humans no longer fear any creature or their own gods. They hunt down…