Dean Bennett

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Favorite films

  • Star Wars
  • Mildred Pierce
  • The Godfather
  • Doctor Zhivago

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  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★

  • Longlegs

    ★★★★

  • Oh, Canada

    ★★★½

  • Emilia Pérez

    ★½

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  • Emilia Pérez

    Emilia Pérez

    ★½

    Ridiculously annoying.

  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★

    Maddeningly disappointing. 93 years now and still waiting on Bela Lugosi….

    All of the mystery and psycho-sexual intrigue that makes for a good vampire flick degenerates here into a grotesque, blood-soaked fuck session between an oddly hot epileptic and a rotting corpse. Spoiler alert: The Sun kills him — but this time because he can’t keep it in his trousers. What a let down. 

    Pass….

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  • The Whales of August

    The Whales of August

    ★★★★

    Honestly, I might overrate this film just a tad because the leads are played by two of my favorites, the incomparable Bette Davis in her twilight and the legendary Lillian Gish, the latter, at age 94, in the final appearance of her 75 year --- 75 year!! --- career that began in 1912. (Young movie fans would do well to GOOGLE Lillian Gish; it's only a small stretch to say she invented movie stardom) But there is much more than…

  • LBJ

    LBJ

    ★★★★★

    Compelling and fascinating study of a compelling and fascinating American president. David Mc Cullough beautifully narrates the story of Johnson's rise from obscure backwater pol through his narrow election to the Senate in a contest he (almost admittedly) stole, the sad vice presidency in which he was shunned by JFK's sycophants, that day in Dallas, and the soaring triumphs and tragic failures of his controversial presidency.  


    Unusually candid interviews with some of the major players of LBJ's administration, who…

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