Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch 1985

  ★★ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  How did Reb Brown end up in movies? I've never seen him emote. His constant expression throughout everything I've seen him in, regardless of context, is mild ammusement. Annie McEnroe tried really hard and failed spectacularly. Christopher Lee clearly didn't care. To sum up, the acting is atrocious. The editing is very confusing. It makes the action scenes really hard to follow. Did the New Wave band follow them to Transylvania? It kept cutting to them performing during the orgy…

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  Dance with a Stranger 1985

  ★★★½ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  A decent character study about a very toxic relationship with good acting, shot composition and a moody jazz score. If you like these sort of things I'd recommend it. However, it's not really a movie in my taste so I doubt I'll ever watch it again.

Popular reviews

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  Minnesota Clay 1964

  ★★★ Watched 04 Aug 2021

  Not the best, but not the worst either. A big crutch in these old Spaghetti Westerns is the day-for-night stuff. It's not as much in this as in Navajo Joe, but it's still a fair amount. At one point the lighting kind of changed mid-scene and I'm not sure if it was an indication of passage of time or not. That stuff always takes me out of the movie. In the same scene they burn down a house and I'm…

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  For a Few Dollars More 1965

  ★★★★ Rewatched 04 Mar 2021

  Better story and a better cast than A Fistful of Dollars, in my opinion. When you add Lee Van Cleef, Klaus Kinski and Luigi Pistilli you've already got your work cut out for you. There also wasn't as much day-for-night footage in this. I didn't remember how similar the ending was to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The shot composition, how the actors were posed, the music, everything was so similar. It's like a trial run for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and I'm fine with it.