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  • Vampire's Kiss
  • The Evil Dead
  • The Little Rascals
  • Blood Diner

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  • The Night Stalker

    ★★★★

  • Opus

    ★★

  • Black Bag

    ★★★★

  • The Luck of the Irish

    ★★

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  • The Night Stalker

    The Night Stalker

    ★★★★

    Hands down the best made-for-tv movie I’ve ever seen. The  Night Strangler feels like a meatier episode of Columbia or another police procedural, and it’s paced in such a way that nothing ever gets too dull despite being padded out 30 minutes or so more than the average tv episode. It’s funnier than I thought it would be, and it has a good bit more action too. I like how the audience is thrust into the character of Kolchak without…

  • Opus

    Opus

    ★★

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

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  • Dear Kelly

    Dear Kelly

    ★★★★

    Reminded me a lot of Finding Frances. Dude lives his whole life in devotion to his pride and misplaced trust instead of taking responsibility for his actions, and is robbed, not only of his house (by Bill Joiner), but also of a life being loved by his family. Tragedy takes people into different directions and grappling with the errors of your past can manifest itself in dangerous ways. The subtext behind Kelly’s journey into alt-right conspiracy is relevant for the…

  • May December

    May December

    i don't how people liked this. it’s the most unserious movie i’ve ever seen about statutory rape. there were some very very bold stylistic choices made in the movie, but i have not one iota of a clue as to why they made it to the final cut. the zooms and dramatic piano were too much. there are subtler ways to communicate. i keep reading things about how this is a deep dive into the twisted psyche of an abuser…