Tense, eloquent, and surprisingly funny, Oddity is another thoroughly stylish film by my soon-to-be favorite director Damian McCarthy
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A very okay-ish film with great cinematography and atmosphere but lacking in substance or scares.
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This movie barely makes the cut for the definition of a documentary. Color me conservative, but documentaries are supposed to provide a factual report on a particular subject. While the director clearly did his research, which includes what appears to be covert break-ins into research laboratories to raid their freezers all for the sake of getting shots of dead rabbits for his documentary, the hypocritical pretension to factuality I imply here is the frequent inclusion of statements based on (occasionally…
When my friends asked me what film I was watching I should have just said Glitter, or Backyard Babysitters 2, or even, God forbid, Frozen. It would have been so much less awkward than having to explain to them I was watching a dark erotic Finnish drama about a surgeon turning to BDSM after the death of his wife.
Despite its terrible name and appalling poster, Dogs Don't Wear Pants is one of the most endearing films I've seen this…