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  Dust in the Wind 1986

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  Yeah I just don't think Hou Hsiao-hsien's version of slow cinema is for me.

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  52 Pick-Up 1986

  ★★½ Added 1

  The villains are somewhat entertaining, the ridiculous ending somewhat enjoyable, but it just kind of trudges along for much of it, perhaps because the leads feel so underdeveloped, despite Scheider trying to give some life to an underwritten role.

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  Manhunter 1986

  ★★★★★ Added 1

  I apologize Mr. Mann, I did not see this one for the masterpiece it was the first time around. And rather liked the film the first time, but to see how Mann successfully adapts Harris is incredible, because while Demme would do so as well, and more popularly, this and Silence are two films where you can see very clearly what directorial vision truly is. As Mann's original alternative take here is fascinating in partly just the dynamic precision of…

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  Adolescence 2025

  ★★★★½ Added

  Material like this is so tricky as melodramatic or after school special is far more commonly the result, so the requirement is just to be so good that it feels absolutely real and authentic, something Adolescence achieves. Stephen Graham (who evidently not only is a writer but a great one at that) and Jack Thorne deal with multiple tricky issues, balancing it brilliantly by granting captivating procedural detail, moments of brief sort of just normalcy of living within all the…

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