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Dracula 1931
A vacuum-sealed nightmare of unreality more upsetting than any vampire film of the modern age through making the framing, editing and performances as unnerving as humanly possible.
As for the sound design, the early Sound Era jankiness works surprisingly well with the film’s direction as nothing is scarier than the absence of sound in the face of unknowable horror.
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Moonstruck 1987
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
“We aren't here to make things perfect. The snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. Not us! We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and die.”
I think there’s a big difference between a subtle screenplay that mimics human behavior and a completely gonzo screenplay that *gets* humans and portrays them with a level of emotional truth onscreen. Moonstruck is definitely not a subtle film in its themes, but every…
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984
while the worst of the 3 indy’s, this film offers one thing that those films do not have to their detriment: short-round and harrison ford screaming at each other in cantonese over gambling.
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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie 2024
really overjoyed by the return of bob clampett’s original 30’s characterization of daffy duck being a manic psychopath with little-to-no regard for human life.
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Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas 1991
The entire ending segment with Timothy Bottoms talking about Cybil Sheppard is god tier cringe, and I AM FUCKING LIVING FOR IT.
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Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 2024
peepaw’s monologuing again: an american saga - part one
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