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  Prime Cut 1972

  ★★ Watched 26 Mar 2025

  Prime Cut sure has a great cast. Gene Hackman is the villain, “Mary Ann” — a Kansas City meat magnate, sex trafficker, and general crime lord. His brother and co-conspirator, “Weenie,” is played by Gregory Walcott (yes, the guy who starred in Plan 9 from Outer Space). Their criminal pursuits include grooming orphans to become sex slaves. Sissy Spacek plays one of the orphans, Poppy, in her first credited role.

  Wow, that’s some impressive 1970s star power. Unfortunately, at the…

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  The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special

  ★★½ Watched 24 Mar 2025 2

  This short documentary about Gene Hackman’s death (and his life in general) is available on Disney Plus. Hackman was one of my favorite actors, so I was curious to hear more about the circumstances of his passing.

  Since this was originally an ABC News special, I was concerned that it would be sensationalist crap. And it is, sort of. But it’s not totally awful. The worst part is that it treats the deaths of Hackman, his wife Betsy Arakawa, and…

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★½ Watched 25 Dec 2024 2

  When I watched the 1922 version of Nosferatu the other day, I thought: “This movie isn’t perfect. But I’m amazed that it’s still so creepy, more than 100 years after it was made.”

  Here are four things that I most certainly did not think:

  “This movie needs more jump scares.”
  “I wish the characters barfed more.”
  “Where are the boobs?”
  “I wish the Nosferatu had a briefly glimpsed prosthetic wang.”

  But guess who did think all four of those things?…

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  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937

  ★★★★ Rewatched 23 Mar 2025

  At some point in my adult life, I decided that I don’t like Disney anymore. I’m not even sure when it happened. I think gradually, Disney transitioned from being a source of joy and wonder to me, to just another big corporation that kept shoving its product in my face. It doesn’t help that I never became a father and couldn’t share these movies with my nonexistent kids.

  But perhaps I’ve been wrong about Disney. I really enjoyed rewatching Snow…

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