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  The Northman 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 18 Oct 2024

  To do: move to volcano, have berserker son, install turf roof

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  Irma Vep 1996

  ★★★★ Watched 12 May 2024

  Crazy sexy cool Maggie Cheung trying to stay as polite and professional as possible (except when doing cat burglary) in a series of quite bizarre and very French social situations

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  Barry Lyndon 1975

  ★★★★★ Watched 19 Feb 2024

  Astonishingly beautiful (especially gorgeous Mrs Lyndon staring pallidly and vaporishly into the middle distance). Ryan O’Neal has plenty of runtime to get his Irish accent under control but never quite does, which in my mind only serves to underscore Barry’s status as a gauche outsider to the continent’s wigged-up upper crust. And there’s an emotional depth along with the antics (ie not just a picturesque picaresque).

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  Five Fingers of Death 1972

  ★★★½ Watched 15 Feb 2024

  Nothing is more serious in regard to peace in the North than the regional martial arts competition

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