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  Altered States 1980

  ★★★½ Watched 18 Oct 2023

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

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  Cave of Forgotten Dreams 2010

  ★★★★½ Watched 13 May 2023

  A documentary that invites you into see human history from a brand new perspective and to explore the depths of the human spirit. I was in such awe while watching, seeing clearly the horrors of these pre historic times and the strength of the people to overcome them would be unbelievable if we weren't here today.

Popular reviews

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  Buck Breaking 2021

  ½ Watched 22 Jun 2021

  The quintessential so bad it's good documentary. Tariq Nasheed, our director and narrator, creates an elaborate Alex Jones level conspiracy about white people turning black people gay to control them through "Buck breaking". An act described as an anal rape of slaves in the American south by gay slave masters, beyond being homophobic this act is almost entirely fictional.

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  The Tragedy of Macbeth 2021

  ★★★½ Watched 14 Jan 2022

  A stylized, beautiful looking, jumbled up, poorly told retelling of a classic. I think if you're familiar with the source material you might get something out of this but as a stand alone movie it fails to communicate the scale of the Macbeth story or it's stakes. It feels like Joel is flexing his directing chops in a more small scale movie during the pandemic before doing a bigger project, and here his chops though be flexed. But as an…

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