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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie 2019
Another good example of how keeping one’s expectations appropriately low results in a slightly higher rate of OK things in life.
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The Tale of Zatoichi Continues 1962
Good sequel. Ichi's having himself a tough year.
There were some especially beautiful compositions of lakes and rivers in this film, between the action scenes and frustrated romance.
Heck of an abrupt ending. Then again, there are 23 more films...
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Straw Dogs 1971
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Hollywood films have a particular way of depicting entertaining violence without allowing the morally problematic nature of violence to get in the way. It's simple: whatever the "bad guy" does to a slate of very innocent victims is SO bad that the good guy is allowed to just about anything to bring the bad guy to justice or destroy him. In fact, the violence of the villain is so extreme that the high body count can include random bystanders without…
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