A fast-paced thriller that knows how to turn up the pressure, even if things do veer into the ridiculous at times. I only came across this because my dad and I were looking for something quick to watch before his baseball game started and this was the first movie we could find on Netflix that was 90 minutes or less. Ironically, his game ended up having a rain delay. Nevertheless, this movie was an exciting way to pass the time, though I prefer Sam Raimi's A Simple Plan, which has a similar type of story.
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Port of Shadows 1938
The story is a little clunky, but wow, this movie is just dripping with atmosphere from the very first shot. The thick fog and heavy shadows occlude our vision in the same way the feelings of despair asphyxiate every character. All the performances are fantastic. Michèle Morgan reaches a level of maturity years above her age. It's hard to believe she was only seventeen when this was filmed. Her work here may only be matched by that from the adorable puppy.
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The Power of Few 2013
Told through five connected stories, The Power of Few examines how a person's choices can have a ripple effect into the lives of others. The different narratives don't weave together as cohesively as the implied thematic significance is trying to suggest, and many of the plot points come across as quite random. Still, we do get to see a homeless Christopher Walken ramble on about cloning Jesus, so there's that.
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Molokai: The Story of Father Damien 1999
I became aware of this movie after reading The Colony by John Tayman, which accounts the history of the Molokai settlement from its foundation in 1866 all the way into the 21st century. Though the book has a scope of over a hundred years, a sizable amount of chapters are devoted to the important work of Father Damien. The priest volunteered to live in primitive conditions amongst a colony of leprosy patients simply because he wanted to help them. Through…
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