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  The Northman 2022

  ★★★★★ Watched 10 May 2022

  I don't often review movies that are off the beaten path from ongoing projects, and no doubt it'll be just one among a thousand other such reviews, but I wanted to describe something that sets this movie a part for me as a 5/5. In a way this is a cathartic process; I normally don't give top marks for a movie unless it moves me or is fundamentally a favourite. The Northman didn't move me. Admittedly the plot is just…

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  Gamera 2: Attack of Legion 1996

  ★★★½ Watched 18 Jan 2022

  A legion of Anglos descend from outer space and only the biggest lad can stop the Tontpocalypse.

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  The Life of Emile Zola 1937

  ★★★ Watched 02 Dec 2020

  The Life of Emile Zola leaves me conflicted. On the one hand, despite how quickly it went through the title character's early life, it's a well-acted, evocative biography of a compelling man and his experiences with injustice. On the other hand, the way it handles the Dreyfus affair is like if "To Kill A Mockingbird" was just a story of a man accused of rape. It could've been such a great film if it had the guts to challenge antisemitism, especially in 1937.

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  Gamera: Guardian of the Universe 1995

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Jan 2022

  Tony leaves Quebec for the first time in ten thousand years to lay a smack down on the lads because they don't want to have fun and talk with buddies.

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