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Recent reviews

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  I'm Still Here 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  In its initial set up director Walter Salles’ 2024 political drama “I’m Still Here” is eerily reminiscent of Director Lynne Littman’s 1983 film “Testament”.  Two completely different circumstances that feature an actress in a commanding lead performance as the matriarchal head of a family.  Both suffering the unexplainable loss of a husband.  Both Oscar nominated performances, one for Fernanda Torres the other for Jane Alexander.

       Beyond that, the films are vastly different.  Based on a memoir written by…

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  EO 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 12 Mar 2025

  I am an animal lover by nature.  I have at present two rescue Dachshunds that have rescued me from times of despair and loneliness.

  I will often catch them staring at me.  Studying me.  Every move I make.  I look at them and can’t help but wonder what they are thinking.  It’s natural for any pet owner who shares a connection with their beloved companions, canine or feline.

  Veteran director Jerzy Skolimowski has delivered a cinema tone poem on this…

Popular reviews

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  The Vanishing 1988

  ★★★★★ Watched 17 Jul 2020 17

  “I’m banking on your curiosity “                                    
   
  What is it in all honesty that terrifies you the most?  Ghosts?  Paranormal occurrences?  Monsters?  Chainsaw wielding psychos?  Going to the dentist?  What terrifies me the most is the unknown, the unanswered.  This is the basis of the cringe inducing torment of “The Vanishing” (1988).  The original Dutch version of the film directed by George…

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  A Summer Story 1988

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 16 Sep 2019 16

  Invariably when people learn of my career path they ask me what is my favorite film that I have seen.  When I tell them they always respond with “I have never heard of that!”.  Pity.  From the first time I screened “A Summer Story” to my most recent viewing  I simply cannot detect a breath out of place.  I immediately secured a date at one of my theaters and carefully nurtured this film into a lengthy run with impressive numbers.…

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