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  Becoming Led Zeppelin 2025

  ★★★ Watched 08 Feb 2025

  Despite the heaviness and rawness of the live and studio footage, it still felt like an attempt by the band to soften their image and whitewash their story. The interviews are pretty sterilized bordering on cringe, answers and stories soft -but the footage of their influences and their early live performances were incredible to see and hear in IMAX. The surround sound was an excellent way to admire Jimmy Page’s studio and production wizardry on their first 2 records. There…

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  The Tunnel 2011

  ★★ Watched 06 Feb 2025

  But where is TANGLES !?!?!
  TANGLES!? TANGLES!? TANGLES!? 

  Pretty tame Australian low-budget, found-footage horror.
  Blair witch vibes, claustrophobic underground tunnels, shaky night vision, a blurry cgi monster and an awful lot of running around screaming Tangles repeatedly.

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  Babes in Toyland 1934

  ★★½ Watched 28 Feb 2021

  The image of the small live monkey dressed as a demented Mickey Mouse dropping torpedoes out of a miniature flying zeppelin will haunt my dreams....not to mention the kidnapped anthropomorphic pig, 6 foot tall cat musician, terrifyingly cheesy bogey men and Laurel & Hardy’s atrocious haircuts.......it felt like a more twisted OZ with less memorable songs. A 1934 mother goose acid nightmare.

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  Village of the Damned 1960

  ★★★ Watched 06 Jan 2021

  Unsettling and compelling Cold War metaphor. Sets a high bar for creepy children in film- their translucent eyes and dress/look is shockingly effective. Short and concise, which I appreciate but it ends too abruptly.

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