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  Dangerous Liaisons 1988

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  This taught me more about life in the 18th century than my 18th century history paper (hopefully this will have changed before finals).

  Dangerous Liaisons captures the intersection between love and lust. It blurs the lines so greatly that it leaves the audience wondering, which (if any) of the characters truly are soulmates?  Or are they trapped in a spiders web of dangerous liaisons in the dying days of the ancien regime. Despite its beautiful cinematography, acting, and costuming the…

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  Scrooge 1951

  ★★★★ Watched 24 Dec 2024

  probably my favourite ‘a Christmas Carol’ adaptation as it definitely captures the book the best. could be slightly improved with more muppets.

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  Sweet Smell of Success 1957

  ★★★ Watched 10 Dec 2024

  this film had every ingredient of success, a great cast, sharp dialogue, great music and interesting shots - however I found it was poorly executed (altho I’m clearly a minority)

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  Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003

  ★★★★½ Watched 20 Mar 2024

  this film feels like a violent love letter to Japanese cinema and samurai films

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