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  Turbo Kid 2015

  ★★★ Watched 22 Mar 2025

  Alot of fun. Great use of casting, costuming and props, in combination with solid music and acceptably corny digital effects to elevate a bad film with bad dialogue and bad acting, to an overall enjoyable experience of explosive violence and endearing characters in a mad max knockoff.

  Recommendation:

  If you like the kind of low budget feeling that Monty Python or Gentlemen Broncos has, but in a dystopian sci-fi setting, clearly inspired by Mad Max and The Terminator, with a dash of Fallout and some body horror thrown in, you should probably give this a spin.

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  Oddity 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  I kept hearing good things. I didn’t know anything about it. I should probably subscribe to Shudder already.

  It’s well made. The casting and acting are all surprisingly great, for not recognizing any of the cast and assuming it’s a lower budget film. The script is mostly good. The structure of the beginning of the film is clever and effective. The premise is interesting, if a bit predictable. I was definitely drawn in by the use of camerawork to convey…

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  Civil War 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 16 Apr 2024

  Alex Garland is a very competent director. All of his films have been significantly different in one way or another, but have all been well-crafted. I may need to rewatch this one, as I’m not familiar enough with US politics or geography to follow the plot accurately. I would also be nice to watch it in a setting where there are no people behind me constantly exclaiming “Ohhh! He’s dead!”

  From the trailer, especially the scene with Jesse Plemons’ character,…

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 24 Jan 2025

  I’d been pretty excited about The Brutalist from the moment I saw the trailer. There’s something about a tasteful trailer that can be immensely effective. So, having no idea what the film was about, besides that of Adrian Brody playing an architect, I prioritized seeing it the first chance I got. And the first chance I got happened to be the only 35mm print in Canada as a bonus.

  And, it was very well done. The soundtrack felt unique. The…

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