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Recent reviews

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  Blue Giant 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 12 Jun 2024

  This movie finally made me understand what Jazz is about and why I like it

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  What's Up, Doc? 1972

  ★★★½ Watched 12 Apr 2024

  I think this is a movie that will grow on me as time goes on with rewatches. I can certainly recognize the charm of the film and the funniness of the slapstick scenes but I just couldn’t stop thinking about Bringing Up Baby. Of course, I didn’t truly appreciate Bringing Up Baby either until my first rewatch of that film.
  
  What’s Up Doc is different enough from Bringing Up Baby that it certainly can stand on its own but when…

Popular reviews

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  Comanche Station 1960

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Apr 2023 1

  A lot of others say this is basically a rehashing of Ride Lonesome and while that may be true for the most part, I can’t help but wonder if this film was in response to The Searchers. In The Searchers (SPOILER ALERT AHEAD: if you haven’t seen it, turn back now or face the consequences), after Ethan (John Wayne) saves Debbie, we don’t know if he’s going to be happy to have gotten her back or kill her because she’s…

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  Fear and Desire 1952

  ★★½ Watched 04 Mar 2024

  This is a review for the 60 minute cut. This film is Kubrick’s weakest film but, even he knew that. He tried to destroy it for crying out loud. My biggest issue with the film is the story as it mostly drags, however I found some moments in it to be engaging. The cinematography stands out here. Kubrick really knew his way around a camera and if one had never seen another Kubrick film before this one, Fear and Desire…