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  Little Women 2019

  ★★★ Watched 08 Mar 2020

  I was excited to see this movie purely due to the lineup of talented actors but while watching it, I genuinely could not understand what was all the hype about? It is a lovely story about 4 sisters and their prospects of career and marriage which seems relevant for today's age but as film, it doesn't feel special. Normally, I enjoy movies about young people trying to find their way in the world and I was expecting it to be…

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  Stalker 1979

  ★★★★★ Watched 08 Mar 2020

  Other reviewers have covered important points, but the essential quality of this film has only been danced around by a few.

  'Stalker' is not to be watched, it is to be experienced. Those who find it too long or boring are standing outside the experience, looking on. Stalker is like an ancient spiritual or healing ritual. It offers you the opportunity to enter into the process and by joining in at each step, allowing the carefully crafted pacing to work…

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  The Tree of Life 2011

  ★★★★★ Watched 02 Mar 2020

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

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  1917 2019

  ★★ Watched 07 Mar 2020

  This film proffers a realistic presentation of a WW1 battlefield and of the threats, the physical terrors, of such a place, but it is actually like a hybrid mediated version of that reality. The result is something like following an avatar in immersive game. This impression is confirmed at the film's end.

  When it starts the camera has the viewer in the middle of the action and immediately the cleanliness of the soldiers, their spotless uniforms, their fresh faces seem…

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