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esoterikal

Favorite films

  • Paris, Texas
  • Topkapi
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
  • The Black Vampire

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  • Crocodile Dundee

    ★★½

  • Wendell & Wild

    ★★★½

  • Waking Ned Devine

    ★★★★

  • One More Time

    ★★★½

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  • Crocodile Dundee

    Crocodile Dundee

    ★★½

    The story of a barely drawn New York heiress falling in love with an untrustworthy Australian bush ranger. The romance didn't work for me, much of the comedy (with some big yikes aside) did, but overall the pace is too sedate to really hold my attention.

  • Wendell & Wild

    Wendell & Wild

    ★★★½

    Classic Henry Selick Gothic (but not too Gothic) with added Key and Peele. Spooky good time with plenty to say about guilt, corruption, and the school to prison pipeline. Not as impactful as his best work but still a good time.

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  • Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural

    Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural

    ★★½

    Seemingly a perfect time capsule of a certain kind of the 1970s. Absolutely everyone in the narrative sexualizing a 13 year-old girl, miraculously the film itself doesn't (even given the chance since the actress, despite her looks, was 18).

    There's an eerie dreaminess to the whole story that fits "a child's story of the supernatural", creating a world where everyone is a predator.

    The limited budget is everpresent onscreen. Sometimes this is charming; every shot inside a vehicle seems to…

  • Vegas in Space

    Vegas in Space

    ★★★★

    Glorious campy nonsense, where craft meets no budget. Everyone shows up to deliver this absurd tone, and I am here for it.