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  Fire of Love 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Nov 2024

  The footage shot by Katia and Maurice Krafft over the course of their lives is breathtaking. Fire flowing smoother and faster than water, warped and bulbous sculptures of liquid stone, heat-blasted landscapes where even the ghosts seem to have burned away — equal parts alien and apocalyptic, right here on planet Earth. One remarkable underwater scene captures a column of lava meeting the sea. As its exterior cools and hardens, the red-hot interior burrows out, squirming and coiling as though…

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  Terrifier 2016

  ★ Watched 19 Oct 2024

  I assume this movie is called "Terrifier" because it's terrifying. Based on my experience, though, it should be called "Oh My God Get On With It." Of all the things I expected from this infamous franchise, boredom was not one of them. The gore lives up to its gruesome reputation, when it happens, but the time in between feels like... elevator music. Just tapping your foot and checking your watch until the next dismemberment arrives. And I don't find dismemberments…

Popular reviews

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  World War Z 2013

  ★★★ Watched 11 Aug 2023 2

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Amityville Uprising 2022

  ½ Added

  At the end of the credits there is a section on "Inspiration" that cites such notable figures as God Almighty, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, and… Joel Osteen, an addition so ridiculous that it was the only genuine joy I felt during the entire movie.