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  • Taken

    ★★★½

  • The Decline of Western Civilization

    ★★★

  • The Blues Brothers

    ★★★★★

  • Hang 'em High

    ★★

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  • Taken

    Taken

    ★★★½

    Okay okay, I know that God is the only judge and all, but Liam Neeson is a close second. 

     Here are some of my thoughts on Taken: 

    First of all, I loved the violence in this movie. The fights were very well choreographed and there was much variation in the type of fight—with weapons, without weapons, in cars, in cars versus on foot, one on one combat, one on fifteen combat, etc. Besides that, it was very cathartic to watch…

  • The Decline of Western Civilization

    The Decline of Western Civilization

    ★★★

    Punk rock in America baby, ugly boys playing sexy guitars. 

    This documentary attempts to give us non-freaks a look into the grimy punk scene of the United States in the early 80s, and maybe to bestow some insight regarding who and what motivated these reckless degenerates to behave the way that they did. Well, although I believe it may be impossible to reach clarity or to ever understand the rhyme or reason of any punk rocker, this film succeeded in…

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  • Cucumber Castle

    Cucumber Castle

    ★★★★½

    “Marmaduke’s favourite sport was peasant shooting, suitably disguised as birds of a feather.”

    Art! Is it art? This 1970 made-for-television movie is many things, and yeah, I would be so bold as to call it art. Would I, could I be even bolder, and go so far as to say it’s well executed? No. Nothing in this movie is relevant to anything else in the movie, but it's made in such a way that I don’t ever feel like I’m…

  • The Blues Brothers

    The Blues Brothers

    ★★★★★

    Sometimes it's hard to be a woman.
    Givin' all your love to just one man.
    You'll have the bad times,
    And he'll have the good times.
    Doing things that you don't understand.
    But if you love him, you'll forgive him.
    Even though he's hard to understand.
    And if you love him, oh, be proud of him!
    'Cause after all, he's just a man.
    Stand by your man,
    Give him two arms to cling to;
    And something warm to come to,…

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