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  The Last Temptation of Christ 1988

  ★★★ Watched 04 Apr 2021 1

  This is more like it! Gritty, epic, pretty boring, with some crazy religious symbolism. The perfect Easter film. Although tame compared to ‘The Passion of The Christ’ I watched a couple nights ago, it was ultimately more poetic and reflective, questioning the ideas of faith and truth, and the origins of christianity. The ‘last temptation’ being his choice to escape death and sacrifice… I especially liked the talking snake asking jesus to look at its breasts… Defoe made a wonderful,…

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  Constantine 2005

  ★★★★½ Watched 03 Apr 2021

  Don’t know why I put off watching this for so many years. It’s exactly my sort of thing. Just kept thinking about Keanu “I just love the way he moves” the whole way through. And Peter Stormare is by far the best lucifer I’ve seen portrayed on film. There was actually a lot to be said for the direction as well. It reminded me of Sin City, as played out like a live action comic book. It also reminded me that the supergroup One Perfect Circle existed...

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  Cape Fear 1991

  ★★★ Watched 14 Mar 2021

  Scorsese does Channel 5 thriller. Solid 3 out of 5.

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  The Passion of the Christ 2004

  ★★★ Watched 03 Apr 2021

  Even with all the gore and creepy shit (which I loved btw, especially sexy Satan dressed like Richard O’Brien in Rocky horror), this just felt like a very straight telling of the Passion. Like a VERY high budget advert for Christianity that you’d get shown on vhs in Sunday school or something. Still, i found it very watchable. And my catholic upbringing meant I knew the plot inside and out. It felt like watching the film of a book you just read and thinking “yeah, that’s exactly how I pictured it in my head” whether you liked the book or not.

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