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  Come and See 1985

  ★★★★★ Watched 21 Dec 2024

  A pastoral, horrifying, and honest portrayl of war that's as poetic as it is brutal, following a young man's journey as he transforms from a bright eyed young recruit into a hollow shell as he witnesses the inhumanity and cruelty his fellow man is capable of. A devastating descent and examination of barbarism and the utter pointlessness of war. Florya from the outset is doomed to witness horrors beyond what he or the audience can even imagine and the other shoe drops like a bomb, both in a literal and figurative sense.

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  The Substance 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 25 Oct 2024

  Somehow I believed I would never thought I would never watch another film as fucking bewitched and insane as Possession, but here it is, in the year of lord 2024. A twisted body-double come body-horror film that arouses, disgusts, and astounds. This has been a wonderful year for horror movies, but this surpasses even that. This is the best film to come out this year. Period. It totally inoculates Longlegs' sterile brand of horror making it feel woefully leftover and…

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  Inherent Vice 2014

  ★★★★★ Watched 06 Oct 2024

  What to say about Inherent Vice... It's my favorite film of all time... its an unappreciated gem in a filmography full of bangers... it feels like a perfect film for me and me alone... well, here goes nothin'.

  Inherent Vice is a 2009 novel by titan of reclusive eccentric literary weirditity Thomas Pynchon adapted into a 2014 film written for the screen and directed by none other than Paul Thomas Anderson. Pynchon's writing and prose is untouched from page to…

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  Possession 1981

  ★★★★★ Watched 17 Oct 2024 1

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

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