Favorite films

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  The Howling 1981

  Rewatched 22 Mar 2025

  west coast hippies create a commune and reinvent dogging.
  one good turn deserves a collar.

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  Escape From L.A. 1996

  Watched 23 Feb 2025

  >>cough<< better than Independence Day! >>cough<<

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  Casino Royale 2006

  Rewatched 18 Aug 2024

  I just heard a brilliant live rendition of Skyfall and thought maybe I had misjudged the Craig Bond flicks… so let’s start with this one: still absolutely marvellous

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  Broadcast News 1987

  Rewatched 07 Dec 2024

  "I think you're the devil!"
  "you know I'm not..."
  "how? how do i know?"
  "because we have the kind of friendship where if i was the devil, you would be the one person i would tell..."

  so much effort went into this film - the script so dense and witty, but *always* in service to the characters, never just to show off. the emotion so carefully described, but never contrived or manipulative. the performances so human, but as complicated and…

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