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Favorite films

  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Old Joy
  • The Andromeda Strain
  • The Silence of the Lambs

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  • Pickup on South Street

    ★★★½

  • Open Range

    ★★

  • Possessor

    ★★★½

  • Strange Days

    ★★★★

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  • Pickup on South Street

    Pickup on South Street

    ★★★½

    I have to go on makin’ a livin’ so I can die

    This movie is a treat. Accomplished in its writing, acting, music, photography… and just the right balance of humanity and bleakness to make this a well-rounded noir. Also, while I don’t remember having heard the name Thelma Ritter before, I probably won’t forget it now.

  • Open Range

    Open Range

    ★★

    Hier ist ein mehr reduktionistischer als revisionistischer Western, der sich ganz im Abspulen ausgeleierter Tropes erschöpft, ein weiterer, ungezählter Aufguss der Geschichte des weißen Mannes im Old West, einer Geschichte über das Ringen um Recht und Rache im Reich der Rechtlosigkeit, und folgerichtig ist die einzige Figur, die kein weißer Mann ist, eine weibliche Requisite, Sue, Love Interest von Costner's Revolvermann Charley, dem unbeugsamen Held des Films, dessen Kompetenz am Schießeisen nur von seiner unfassbaren Fadheit übertroffen wird, und natürlich…

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  • Frogman

    Frogman

    ★★½

    The Blair Frog Project

    Rating this was a bit difficult, it certainly has its moments towards the end, but it takes an awfully long time to get there. All in all I I can’t really recommend this.

    Also, I now feel a distinct urge to rewatch Hell Comes to Frogtown.

  • The Gorge

    The Gorge

    ★★½

    This wasn't as terrible as I feared it would be, but the only things I kinda liked about this movie were certain aesthetic aspects. Everything else is generic at best; story and the writing in general are somewhere between trite and garbage, and the acting is appropriately forgettable.

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