Dan Hodges

Dan Hodges

Favorite films

  • Taxi Driver
  • A Woman Under the Influence
  • Withnail & I
  • A Clockwork Orange

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  • The Strangers

    ★½

  • Five

    ★★★

  • The World, the Flesh and the Devil

    ★★★½

  • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

    ★★★½

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  • The Strangers

    The Strangers

    ★½

    I appreciate a home invasion slasher that relies on the gradual building of tension rather than shock value and constant, extreme violence, but this is incredibly boring to sit through, with the most sluggish pacing for the first half. Basically, nothing happens and then it all kicks off and becomes very dumb indeed. I generally find home invasion films very boring, and this did nothing for me.

  • Five

    Five

    ★★★

    A fascinating historical curiosity as possibly the first film to explore the aftermath of an atomic war. The cast is likable, though the acting is somewhat amateurish, and it's evidently a low-budget production, but it explores its ideas in a thoughtful, engaging way, exploring various social issues along the way. It's the kind of script that would work as a play and, aside from a sequence towards the end that's quite creepy, it's not hugely cinematic, while it's dated in its depiction of the sole female character as a helpless plot device for the men to fight over and protect.

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  • Robert Reborn

    Robert Reborn

    You have to respect a director like this, who churns out low-quality, low-budget films at an impressive rate without stopping to worry about whether it's good or even makes sense. They're bad, terrible, in fact, but they're fun in a mindless exploitation sort of way and they apparently make money on DVD and end up on various streaming platforms.

  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

    ★★★★½

    One of the greatest political satires in all of film and still quite hilarious 55 years later. Dr Strangelove is a spectacular movie. Endlessly watchable and forever timeless.