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Pitch Black 2000
Yeah it's generic monster horror, I don't think there's a single new idea here. But with Vin Diesel delivering corny one-liners it doesn’t take itself any more seriously than it needs to be, and it actually makes a half-decent job of throwing you off on who'll live or die.
A fun flick if you want more Aliens or Event Horizon.
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The Vourdalak 2023
The Vordalak has a "art school project" feel to it, don't know how to describe it better than that; like the result of a brainstorming project of scenes and themes that were then later fit to Tolstoy's story. The term "shoehorned" is a bit too strong and negative, rather it's a question of topics being highlighted but not given the space to be properly explored. Neither do I mean to say these themes should have been left out, the reactionary…
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The Wicker Man 1973
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There's a unmistakable degree of ambivalence in the portrayal of the two faiths. A certain 'nostalgic' aura of a liberation and hippie-like harmony surrounds the pagans, the same rose-coloured idea held by so many self-proclaimed practitioners. At the same time there's also the brutal sacrifice (which I noted, is still 'away from view' - Howie should be glad Lord Summerisle haven't read Bataille), giving the pagans an aura of 'return to nature' or the Id if one want's to be…
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Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. Lost Butterfly 2019
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Amazing seeing anime teenagers actually having sex for once like human beings, 10/10
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