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  The Phenix City Story 1955

  ★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  The story behind this is very interesting, and it's a pretty good film, but I could never quite get on board with it, the long documentary-like intro felt like a clumsy introduction to the story, and even later on, it was pretty uneven, with some scenes too melodramatic, then others with a harsh realism and a surprising amount of violence. It's good, but maybe serves best as an introduction to, well, the Phenix City story.

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  The Rain People 1969

  ★★★½ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  Not necessarily the first good Coppola film - Dementia 13 was enjoyable enough - but it's still a huge step forward, especially after You're a Big Boy Now and Finian's Rainbow, neither of which felt like films he really wanted to make. The Rain People is still rough around the edges, but it's got a more distinct style and much better editing and writing. The more I think about it, the more I feel like James Caan's character is probably…

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  Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2017

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 07 Feb 2018

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

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  Goya's Ghosts 2006

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Apr 2018

  The different stories don't work together too well and it almost falls apart in the last third but there are many brilliant scenes that redeem it. Portman and Bardem are as terrific as usual and Skarsgard also gives a really good performance as Francisco Goya. The film portrays this dark chapter in Spanish history very well and while being about as accurate as in Amadeus Forman still delivers a great period drama that's most of the time simply brilliant.

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