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  Birdemic: Shock and Terror 2010

  ½ Watched 24 Mar 2025

  I love so-called "bad" movies. And I love low budget film making, with every fibre of my being.

  But this movie is cooked.

  I had to abort from the get go as I literally became car sick opening 3 mins.

  Things didn't get any better on attempt #2. It's basically as if the people who made this had no idea how to use a camera, but also didn't realise you need to think about editing sound and images for a movie to work.

  Absolute fucking zero effort deck, that makes me feel like I have some sort of brain injury.

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  The Devils 1971

  ★★★★★ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  'The Devils' contains some of the most intensely baroque horror ever committed to film.

  And given Ken Russell's career, that is saying something.

  But there are also some scenes of very natural tenderness, particularly between Reed and Jones, which was not always something Russell was too concerned with.

  Wonderful performances across the board, and Russell's visual excesses have never looked better.

  It's easy to understand why this created such an uproar on release. The violence and hysteria is still pretty…

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  The Swordsman of All Swordsmen 1968

  ★★★½ Watched 26 Feb 2025 1

  Looks great in its new restoration.

  I love the gorgeous widescreen photography, the women's hair, the rather shocking violence, and a knockout tracking shot during a fight in some reeds.

  Also big shout out to the dude behind me who kept drenching us with big, wet old man sneezes.

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  Emmanuelle 1974

  ★★ Watched 23 Feb 2025

  "We have a King Crimson soundtrack at home"

  The King Crimson soundtrack we have at home:

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