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  The Lair of the White Worm 1988

  ★★ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  Producer, Writer and Director of this...fever dream (Ken Russell) has stated that his intention since day one was to make a horror comedy. Whilst, increments of setups and punchlines can be spotted in this 90 minute psychotic episode, their tone is quite undefined.

  Many times when watching this, I felt waves of incomparable confusion to what was being shown before me. Manic psychedelic visions of nuns being raped in a bloody hellscape, the main antagonist seducing and killing a underage…

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  The Inbetweeners 2 2014

  ★★½ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  It would be easy to lament about the datedness that shrouds this film. Whether its the gross out humor, not well written female characters or the last few minutes of transphobic humor in quick succession. But that would just be too easy.

  I think my biggest qualm with this film is the central gimmick of being set in Australia. For such a environmentally and culturally diverse country, it just saddens me how watered down its depiction is here. Sure, I…

Popular reviews

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  Grandma 2023

  ★ Watched 29 Dec 2023

  Films built on the foundation of paying tribute to past genres and filmmaking are ones that deserve appreciation for the concept alone. Even if the genre a film pays tribute to is one of low brow quality.

  Then you have exceptions like this flick that heavily adopts the lurid and budgetary techniques of the SOV Horror Genre and still manages to make it feel greatly hollow.

  With the minor exception of several shots demonstrating competent cinematography, all other factors that…

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  I Want What I Want 1972

  ★★½ Rewatched 29 Apr 2023

  This title is one to shy away from. From all films exploring the topic of Trans Identities, this one definitely does display its age. The transmedicalism, self-harm, surface level portrayal of gender dysphoria and borderline trans exclusinary philosophy really are hard to ignore.

  The production value itself also can't help telling me I'm watching a movie from the 70s. The janky film cuts and obnoxious pan flute soundtrack could of only have been passable in a certain time period.

  But…