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  Spiral: From the Book of Saw 2021

  ★★ Added

  I mean they tried?? I guess??

  Lame traps. Cringeworthy dialogue and attempts at humor. Chris Rock is hard to tkae seriously but he tried and at moments even succeeds. Takes the most boring parts of all Saw films (the police storylines) and focuses solely on that with a real basic corrupt cop story. Dares to dangle Sam Jackson in front of us only to underutilize him. The voice from the tapes is not doing much either. Did this need to be a Saw movie?

  Absolutely hilarious ending. Unintentionally so.

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  Perfect Blue 1997

  ★★★★ Added

  Inland Empire: the anime (except easier to comprehend)

Popular reviews

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  Take Me Somewhere Nice 2019

  ★★★★ Added

  The biggest sin this movie comitted was not using the Mogwai song of the same way in any way anywhere in its entire runtime.

  Very strong, stylized debut that shows a lot of promise. The combination of roadmovie and coming of age has been done before, but she brings a unique perspective.
  Apart from the obvious comparisons in those genres, I saw some hints of Lynch and Kubrick. Many shots l, especially in the first half/third, are almost painting-like. Beautiful…

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  Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer 2019

  ★★★ Added

  I feel like I didn't need to see this and would be better off just reading Sculpting in Time. So guess what I just bought?

  It's not so clear to me what the purpose was of this documentary/film/eulogy? It did little more to illuminate Tarkovskys outlook on art than his interviews or the aforementioned book. On top of that it felt cobbled together. Which makes sense since it is simply a series of vocieovers from the man during his life…

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