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  Brazil 1985

  ★★★★ Watched 11 Mar 2025

  That necrophilia line was psychotic. Four out of five stars.

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  Footloose 1984

  ★★★½ Watched 01 Mar 2025

  This is the sister film to "The Day After" and you can't convince me otherwise. Three and a half stars out of five.

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  Megalopolis 2024

  ½ Watched 29 Sep 2024

  This film is a sign of the times in exactly the opposite way it intends to be. Regular people are portrayed sparingly, only as pawns whose suffering makes them easily bribed. Their power, while acknowledged, is acknowledged only as a resource for fascists, fascism being one of only two presented paths forward for America. The other is the genius of a billionaire mad scientist intent on willing into being what he believes to be a technological "utopia". In other words,…

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  Apocalypse Now 1979

  ★★★½ Watched 03 Mar 2023 1

  Beautiful cinematography illustrates an impressionist vision of the horror of war. Indeed, "this is how the world ends". However, this vision is muddied by an inability to shed the imperialist veil it intends to criticize. And the soundtrack...didn't age well. I always thought Heart of Darkness was overrated; I think this movie is as well. If you want a better portrait of the absurdity of the Vietnam War - and of modern war in general - watch Full Metal Jacket.

  Surprisingly underwhelmed. Three and a half out of five.

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