JeremyDoherty

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Favorite films

  • Wild at Heart
  • The Death of Stalin
  • Sorcerer
  • The Witch

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  • The Plough and the Stars

    ★★½

  • A Lost Lady

    ★★½

  • The Purchase Price

    ★★★

  • Sleeping with the Enemy

    ★★½

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  • Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story

    Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story

    ★★½

    Not bad, but any metalhead who's seen even a fraction of previous documentaries or scrolls through Blabbermouth isn't gonna learn anything new here. Exodus deservedly gets a huge chunk of the airtime. You'd think the members of Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer would sooner undergo raw root canal surgery at this point than keep rehashing the same 40-year-old memories on camera.

  • Captain Corelli's Mandolin

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin

    ★★½

    This was the last major Cage picture on my watchlist, so until someone uploads 1986's "The Boy in Blue" to a legit platform, I guess this is it for a while. It was about three years ago that I started picking off random Cage features — more out of curiosity than for any other reason.

    I started with the direct-to-video titles and expected them to be junk. Some were, but most featured a special something that made them noteworthy. And…

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  • The Jerusalem File

    The Jerusalem File

    ★★½

    Watched the poor-quality Finnish version on YouTube. Picture mostly feels like a missed opportunity. Despite Flynn's trademark lean direction and expert handling of suspense scenes, the story is undercooked and the political component murky. Authentic location shooting is a plus.

  • Gator

    Gator

    ★★★½

    There's some jawdropping Hal Needham mayhem in this Burt pic. How was no one killed making this?

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