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  Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers 1989

  ★ Watched 03 Sep 2020

  Why is Dr. Loomis as hard to kill as Michael Myers?

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  Godzilla vs. Hedorah 1971

  ★★★★ Added

  Hedorah is one of my favorite Godzilla adversaries- he has such a great look for what is essentially a swimming, walking, flying pile of sludge, and yet is oddly adorable- maybe it's something about his eyes, which according to director, Yoshimitsu Bannu, "were modeled on female genitalia". This was done per his request because "Well, come on, vaginas are scary!". Hedorah doesn't have much of an agenda other than eating pollution, sucking on smokestacks like they were giant cigars, and…

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  Flavia the Heretic 1974

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 23 Aug 2014

  I found watching Flavia the Heretic just as difficult as the first time I saw it over a decade ago, but I probably have a deeper appreciation for it. The movie is disturbing on many levels, and the graphic scenes of rape, torture, and animal mutilation are the most emotionally upsetting, however the systems that make such acts possible are just as disheartening. Maybe the film does belong in the nunsploitation genre, but I feel the tag doesn't really do…

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  Fast-Walking 1982

  ★★★½ Added

  A comedic prison drama based on the novel The Rap. James Woods stars as a corrections officer who finds himself the lynchpin in two opposing plots- one to help a black revolutionary escape, and the other to have him murdered. The set up is nicely constructed as both plots play out simultaneously. Woods is excellent as Frank "Fast-Walking" Miniver who comes across as both lazy and industrious, sleazy and compassionate, and somehow filled with a frantic energy even though constantly…

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