Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Mommie Dearest 1981

  ★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2023

  Lots of good scenes and Faye Dunaway is way over the top as Joan Crawford (sort of like Al Pacino in Scarface) but the film amounts to very little otherwise.

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  The Fabelmans 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 28 Feb 2023

  Sort of like Spielberg’s version of the Wonder Years. Engaging, with good performances, but no Cinema Paradiso. It’s semi-autobiographical. Good cameo by David Lynch as filmmaker John Ford. Michelle Williams is great as the mother, but I think Cate Blanchett was better in Tar.

Popular reviews

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  The Devils 1971

  ★★★★ Added

  LSD (lysergic acid dythalimide) played a prominent role in establishing the tone of Ken Russell's 1971 dark comic drama "The Devils," an excessive indictment of political corruption in Loudon, France. Whether the cast and crew were tripping during production, I do not know, but the psychedelic drug culture certainly contributed to the acerbic style of this film, perhaps more than any other. And there are quite a few, "The Trip," "Easy Rider," "Woodstock," "El Topo," etc.
  This acidic undertaking, branded…

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  Ek Villain 2014

  ★★★★½ Watched 27 Dec 2020 1

  This Bollywood musical remake of the cult thriller I Saw The Devil is a guilty pleasure for me. It’s slicker, much bigger budget and it’s populated with pretty actors.. And the Hindi score/soundtrack is exquisite. 

  
  it’s not auteur filmmaking nor Satiyajit Ray. But I love this one. I know it’s hated by a lot of people in India who consider Sidharth Malhotra a model, rather than an actor. So what? Bresson considered all his performers models.

  The story is basically…