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  • Heathers
  • The Thing

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  • The Secret of Roan Inish

    ★★★

  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    ★★★★

  • Resident Evil: Degeneration

    ★★★

  • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

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  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    ★★★★

    -  i liked the Chris Isaak/Kiefer Sutherland segment much more than when i originally watched it. I LOVE autistic bow-tie Kiefer Sutherland. Also enjoyed how well the inverted Twin Peaks scenario of Deer Meadow is portrayed; Desmond is a smarmier and crueler reflection of Cooper, the sheriff and deputies are morally bankrupt, the diner is strange and off-putting instead of inviting. 

    - Sheryl Lee is unbelievably good, and I wish this movie had done better if only to have given…

  • The Secret of Roan Inish

    The Secret of Roan Inish

    ★★★

    you should be nice to seals because they might wind up actually being your cousins. 

    odd little fairy tale that drifts by at its own pace. A bit stilted at times, but definitely unique and quite gentle; i don't know if i've ever seen anything like it. I found at times it felt a little bit like a play, although i'm not entirely sure why. Landscapes are gorgeous as to be expected. I found the scenes of Fiona and Eamon…

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  • Gunhed

    Gunhed

    ★★½

    what if you could drink whisky and talk about baseball with your best friend Metal Gear

  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★★

    Willem Defoe is living my dream life here; surrounded by cats, reading tomes about demons, smoking indoors, and doing questionable chemistry experiments. 

    Loved seeing this played completely straight and uncynically. Production design, costumes, and especially cinematography were just wonderful; the expressionist sequences in the Carpathian forest where it's snowing under the moonlight were just staggeringly beautiful. Loved the miniatures of the city with the shadow of Orlok's hand creeping across it. The town quickly succumbing to the plague gave me…