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  Pearl 2022

  ★★½ Watched 11 Feb 2025

  Well stylized but also poorly shot at times, weak story with uneven and gradual build up that doesn't really go anywhere. The last 25 minutes was an absolute snooze fest although it was meant to be the opposite and a grand climax. This is my first time seeing Mia Goth on the screen and what a disappointment, one of the final scenes when the camera focuses on her as she delivers a dialogue highlights how poor of an actress she is.

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  Blow Out 1981

  ★★★ Watched 10 Nov 2024

  Enjoyable but a bit disappointing. Soundtrack was poor and it felt like the production of the film increased and most of the budget was spent in the last 10-15minutes.

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  The Apartment 1960

  ★★ Watched 22 Jul 2024

  I wasn't sure I'd like this and I think Billy Wilder was a genius. Unfortunately I couldn't wait for it to end, the story started off as if it was going to be complex but it was 2 hours of straightforward narrative with some scenes dragging on with too much dialogue and bits of subtle comedy that has aged poorly. I'm not sure how this is considered one of Wilder's best. I think it's behind for it's time and by the 60s better stuff was already coming out, although different I much prefer Hitchcock's "The Trouble With Harry".

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  Rebecca 1940

  ★★½ Watched 13 Aug 2024

  Unfortunately one of Hitchcock's worst. The story could be condensed down to 45 minutes and it would do the exact same. I appreciate at the time it was probably ahead of it's times with the unfolding story, It was most likely quite unique but it's aged terribly and so many films have been done better, "Double Indemnity" comes to mind 4 years later. I think the positives of this film are it set Hitchcock up to develop some masterpieces in…

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